Apis andreniformis
E409764
Apis andreniformis, commonly known as the black dwarf honey bee, is a small Asian honey bee species notable for its open-air nesting and dark coloration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Apis andreniformis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4052347 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apis andreniformis Context triple: [Apis, includesSpecies, Apis andreniformis]
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A.
Apoica
Apoica is a genus of nocturnal paper wasps known for their pale coloration and distinctive nighttime activity in the Neotropics.
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B.
Tapinoma
Tapinoma is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants found worldwide, known for their flexible nesting habits and tendency to form large, diffuse colonies.
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C.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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D.
Anoplolepis
Anoplolepis is a genus of Old World ants that includes several ecologically dominant and often invasive species, such as the yellow crazy ant.
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E.
Alphaeus
Alphaeus is a New Testament figure mentioned as the father of James the Less, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apis andreniformis Target entity description: Apis andreniformis, commonly known as the black dwarf honey bee, is a small Asian honey bee species notable for its open-air nesting and dark coloration.
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A.
Apoica
Apoica is a genus of nocturnal paper wasps known for their pale coloration and distinctive nighttime activity in the Neotropics.
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B.
Tapinoma
Tapinoma is a genus of small, often inconspicuous ants found worldwide, known for their flexible nesting habits and tendency to form large, diffuse colonies.
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C.
Agelastes
Agelastes is a small genus of African guineafowl known for its relatively plain, dark plumage and forest-dwelling habits.
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D.
Anoplolepis
Anoplolepis is a genus of Old World ants that includes several ecologically dominant and often invasive species, such as the yellow crazy ant.
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E.
Alphaeus
Alphaeus is a New Testament figure mentioned as the father of James the Less, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
honey bee
ⓘ
species ⓘ |
| belongsToGroup | dwarf honey bees ⓘ |
| class | Insecta ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo | Apis florea ⓘ |
| colonyType | multi-caste colony ⓘ |
| commonName |
black dwarf honey bee
ⓘ
black dwarf honeybee ⓘ |
| communicationMethod |
dance communication
ⓘ
pheromonal communication ⓘ |
| defenseBehavior |
alarm pheromone use
ⓘ
stinging ⓘ |
| describedBy | Smith ⓘ |
| describedInYear | 1858 ⓘ |
| family | Apidae ⓘ |
| foragingBehavior | diurnal ⓘ |
| foundInHabitat |
edge habitats
ⓘ
rural landscapes ⓘ subtropical forests ⓘ tropical forests ⓘ |
| genus | Apis ⓘ |
| hasBodyColoration |
black
ⓘ
dark ⓘ |
| hasBodySize | small ⓘ |
| hasCaste |
drone
ⓘ
queen ⓘ worker ⓘ |
| hasLifeStage |
adult
ⓘ
egg ⓘ larva ⓘ pupa ⓘ |
| hasReproductiveStrategy | swarming ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Asia
ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| nestingBehavior | open-air nesting ⓘ |
| nestType | single exposed comb ⓘ |
| order | Hymenoptera ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| pollinationRole |
crop pollinator
ⓘ
wild plant pollinator ⓘ |
| socialStructure | eusocial ⓘ |
| subfamily | Apinae ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tribe | Apini ⓘ |
| usedIn | honey production ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Apis andreniformis Description of subject: Apis andreniformis, commonly known as the black dwarf honey bee, is a small Asian honey bee species notable for its open-air nesting and dark coloration.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.