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  2. Apidae - Wikipedia

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    Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees.The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, and a number of other less widely known groups.

  3. Bumblebee - Wikipedia

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    A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera (e.g., Calyptapis) are known from fossils.

  4. Characteristics of common wasps and bees - Wikipedia

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    Barbed. Kills bee; [g] continues pumping. Smooth; can repeat. Retracts. Sting Pain [3] 2 2 1.5–3 depending on species 2 (Vespula pensylvanica) 2 2.x 4.0+ [4] [failed verification] Lights Not attracted to lights at night unless nest is disturbed, or light is placed near hive, or bee is sick. [5] Attracted to lights at night [6] [7] Lives in

  5. Carpenter bee - Wikipedia

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    Carpenter bees can be timber pests, and cause substantial damage to wood if infestations go undetected for several years. [12] Two very different mating systems appear to be common in carpenter bees, and often this can be determined simply by examining specimens of the males of any given species. Species in which the males have large eyes are ...

  6. Here’s How To Get Rid of Carpenter Bees Once and for All - AOL

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    Carpenter bees sometimes are mistaken for bumble bees, which have a similar appearance. A carpenter bee is about ¾ to 1-inch long and nest in excavated tunnels in wood.

  7. Eastern carpenter bee - Wikipedia

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    The primary difference in the appearances of a bumblebee and X. virginica is the conspicuously shining black abdomen.. X. virginica belongs to the genus Xylocopa, which consists of over 400 species worldwide, [7] in the subgenus Xylocopoides, which contains only five New World species, including Xylocopa californica, which also occurs in the U.S.

  8. Apinae - Wikipedia

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    It includes the familiar "corbiculate" (pollen basket) bees—bumblebees, honey bees, orchid bees, stingless bees, Africanized bees, and the extinct genus Euglossopteryx. [1] It also includes all but two of the groups (excluding Nomadinae and Xylocopinae ) that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae .

  9. Apis andreniformis - Wikipedia

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    Apis andreniformis is a part of the family Apidae, which includes honey, cuckoo, carpenter, digger, bumble, and stingless bees. [2] The genus Apis includes honey bees, the most common being Apis mellifera, otherwise known as the Western honey bee.