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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. Apis florea - Wikipedia

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    The Apidae is a diverse family of bees including honey bees, orchid bees, bumble bees, stingless bees, cuckoo bees and carpenter bees. The name Florea is a personal name of Romanian origin. A. florea is native to southeast Asia, and therefore one of the most phylogenetically basal bees. [ 1 ]

  4. Apinae - Wikipedia

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    Meliponini - stingless bees The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae . It includes the familiar " corbiculate " (pollen basket) bees— bumblebees , honey bees , orchid bees , stingless bees , and the extinct genus Euglossopteryx . [ 1 ]

  5. Apis nigrocincta - Wikipedia

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    Apis nigrocincta is part of subfamily Apinae within the Hymenopteran family Apidae. Apidae is the largest family of bees consisting of over 5,600 species, with the only bees that are colonized by humans for honey production. [3] The subfamily Apinae includes a majority of the honey bee species, with 19 tribes; A. nigrocincta is part of

  6. Western honey bee - Wikipedia

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    The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. [3] [4] The genus name Apis is Latin for 'bee', and mellifera is the Latin for 'honey-bearing' or 'honey-carrying', referring to the species' production of honey.

  7. Apis dorsata - Wikipedia

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    Apis dorsata, the rock bee or giant honey bee, is a honey bee of South and Southeast Asia. They are typically around 17–20 mm (0.7–0.8 in) long and nests are mainly built in exposed places far off the ground, like on tree limbs, under cliff overhangs, and under buildings.

  8. Honey bee - Wikipedia

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    Honey bees obtain all of their nutritional requirements from a diverse combination of pollen and nectar. Pollen is the only natural protein source for honey bees. Adult worker honey bees consume 3.4–4.3 mg of pollen per day to meet a dry matter requirement of 66–74% protein. [52]

  9. Apis laboriosa - Wikipedia

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    Due to its peculiar nesting behavior, the Himalayan giant honey bee is also referred to as the Himalayan cliff honey bee. The term "Himalayan honey bee" is sometimes used more informally for any of the four types of honey bees that are found in the Himalayan region; Apis cerana , Apis florea , Apis dorsata and Apis laboriosa .