Vespa mandarinia, the Asian bumblebee, is the largest bumblebee in the world, with a length of 6.4 cm. If it is stung many times by its stinger, it will lead to death. Moreover, it will attack and kill bees and feed their bodies to future generations.
It is widely distributed in China, starting from Jilin (Changbai Mountain) in the north, reaching the southern edge of Taiwan Province Province and Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan in the south, bordering the national border in the east, and along the western diagonal lines of Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi (Yan 'an) and Gansu (Qingyang and Longnan) in the west, and being converted into 526 1 Sichuan and Yunnan, and ending at the western edge of the basin and the eastern side of the Hengduan Mountains.
Characteristics of Asian bumblebee:
With a body length of 28 ~ 40mm, this species is the largest tiger bee in China. The head is orange; The chest is almost completely black. V. analis is a similar species, small in size and reddish brown on both sides of the chest.
Adults can be seen except in winter, living in low-altitude mountainous areas. Nesting underground, bees are aggressive and have a record of being stung to death.