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Apidae - Bees

 

The Apidae is the largest family within the Apoidea, with >200 genera and 5,750 species. The family includes honey bees, bumblebees, stingless bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, etc. They are distributed worldwide. Many species are important pollinators of wild plants and cultivated species. Honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees are social, but the vast majority of apid bees are solitary, including a number of cleptoparasitic species.

 

Apinae (True Bees)    
     
Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)   Western Honey Bee
(Apis mellifera)
     
Bombus-impatiens common-eastern-bumble-bee   Common Eastern Bumble Bee
(Bombus impatiens)
     
Bombus-ternarius tricolored-bumble-bee   Tricolored Bumble Bee
(Bombus ternaries)
     
Half-black Bumble Bee (Bombus vagans)   Half-black Bumble Bee
(Bombus vagans)
     
Scaptotrigona-xanthotricha stingless-bee yellow-mandaguari   Scaptotrigona xanthotricha
     
     
Nomadinae (Cuckoo Bees)    
     
Spotted Nomad Bee (Nomada maculata)   Spotted Nomad Bee
(Nomada maculata)
     
     
Xylocopinae (Carpenter Bees)    
     
Spurred Ceratina (Ceratina calcarata)   Spurred Ceratina
(Ceratina calcarata)
     
Xylocopa cubaecola   Xylocopa cubaecola
     
     
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