A medium-sized honey bee.
This variety builds their hive in a hole in a tree, a large rock crevice or a hole in a secure location such as a stone wall. The hive is a series of hanging wax plates with cells on either side. Wax, lilin, from a hive is used to lubricate warp threads, inobol, in weaving and in making jewelry molds, hibug 2. The larva, bātol, is boiled and eaten as a side dish.