Geographical distribution of the giant honey bee Smith, 1871 (Hymenoptera, Apidae).

Worldwide pollinator declines have dramatically increased our need to survey and monitor pollinator distributions and abundances. The giant honey bee, , is one of the important pollinators at higher altitudes of the Himalayas. This species has a restricted distribution along the Himalayas and neighbouring mountain ranges of Asia.

Species composition and elevational distribution of bumble bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Latreille) in the East Himalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, India.

The East Himalaya is one of the world's most biodiverse ecosystems. However, very little is known about the abundance and distribution of many plant and animal taxa in this region. Bumble bees are a group of cold-adapted and high elevation insects that fulfil an important ecological and economical function as pollinators of wild and agricultural flowering plants and crops.