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Bees
Anthophila
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey. Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea. They are currently considered a clade, called Anthophila. There are over 20,000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological families. Some species – including honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees – live socially in colonies while...
7 branches of this group, most-observed first
Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies
familyApidae
Sweat Bees
familyHalictidae
Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees
familyMegachilidae
Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees
familyAndrenidae
Plasterer Bees
familyColletidae
melittid bees
familyMelittidae
Swift and Comb-bearer Bees
familyStenotritidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 630955.