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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.
Apis mellifera intermissa, classified by von Buttel-Reepen, 1906 (the Tellian honey bee) found in the north western coast of Africa from Tunisia, along Libya and westerly into Morocco (north of the Atlas Mountains. [1] Apis mellifera jemenitica, classified by Ruttner, 1976 (the Arabian honey bee) found in Somalia, Uganda, Sudan and Yemen. [1]
These species bear a variety of names, including Australian native honey bees, native bees, sugar-bag bees, and sweat bees (because they land on people's skin to collect sweat). [115] The various stingless species look quite similar, with the two most common species, Tetragonula carbonaria and Austroplebeia australis , displaying the greatest ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of bees of Great Britain. The following species are all within the ... 2019. Field Guide to ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. Colonial flying insect of genus Apis For other uses, see Honey bee (disambiguation). Honey bee Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent Pre๊ ๊ O S D C P T J K Pg N Western honey bee on the bars of a horizontal top-bar hive Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia ...
Lasioglossum mataroa is a bee species that is found in New Zealand. L. mataroa is part of the genus Lasioglossum [1] [2] and the subfamily Halictinae. [3] L. mataroa is similar to other native bees in New Zealand, most of which are also solitary and ground nesting. [4] L. mataroa was first described by Barry Donovan in 2007 [5]
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
Apis cerana, the eastern honey bee, Asiatic honey bee or Asian honey bee, is a species of honey bee native to South, Southeast and East Asia. This species is the sister species of Apis koschevnikovi and both are in the same subgenus as the western (European) honey bee, Apis mellifera .