Which groups of bees are found within the family apidae?

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.

Similarly, it is asked, what does apidae mean?

Definition of Apidae. : a family of social bees having the glossa and basal joints of the labial palpi elongate and including the common honeybees and the stingless bees, in some classifications also the bumblebees and some solitary bees, and formerly all the bees.

Furthermore, what is the scientific name for honey?

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

What is the genus and species of a honey bee?

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Family	Apidae – bumble bees, euglossine, euglossines, honey bees, stingless bees
Subfamily	Apinae
Tribe	Apini
Genus	Apis Linnaeus, 1758
Species	Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758 – honey bee, abeille domestique

Do apidae bees sting?

The Apidae family (honey bees, bumble bees, among others) are usually not aggressive and only sting when threatened or provoked.

Are Wasps in the bee family?

Bees and wasps are in fact very closely related to one another, alongside the ants (known as the Super-Families Apoidea, Vespoidea and Formicoidea, respectively) in the Insect Order of the Hymenoptera, referring to their two pairs of 'membranous wings'.

What is honey propolis?

Bee Propolis is a resin material produced by honey bees to seal and protect the cells of the hive, line the inside of nest cavities and repair honeycomb. Without Bee Propolis, the hives could be susceptible to viruses and bacteria.

How many bees does it take to make a pound of honey?

556 worker bees

How many eyes do bees have?

FIVE eyes

What genus are bees?

Honey bee

Honey bees Temporal range: Oligocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Genus:	Apis Linnaeus, 1758
Species
†Apis lithohermaea †Apis nearctica Subgenus Micrapis: Apis andreniformis Apis florea Subgenus Megapis: Apis dorsata Subgenus Apis: Apis cerana Apis koschevnikovi Apis mellifera Apis nigrocincta

Are bees on the extinction list?

The truth is that there are eight species of bees that have been placed on the endangered list: different species of Hawaiian yellow-faced bees in 2016 and, more recently, the Rusty patched bumble bee. Honey bees, and other species, are not on this list, nor have they ever been.

How many bee species are there in the US?

4,000 species

How many bees are there on Earth?

Estimates are that there are between 80 million and 100 million domesticated hives of honeybees in the world. Each hive has perhaps between 10,000 and 60,000 bees. So that alone is up to about 1 to 6 trillion bees (if I'm watching my zeroes correctly).

Do honey bees sting?

A honeybee will sting when it perceives a threat to its hive, but when it's away from the hive foraging, it will rarely sting unless someone steps on it or handles it roughly. And when it does sting, it dies. A honeybee's stinger is made of two barbed lancets. When the bee stings, it can't pull the stinger back out.

Do all types of bees pollinate?

Just a handful of wild bee species do most of the pollination work. A wild bee perches on a flower. Most wild bee species don't pollinate agriculturally important crop species, new research shows. Wild bees pollinate many crops, but some bees are busier than others.

How many bee species are there in North America?

4,000 species

How big is a bee space?

3/8 inch

Do all bees stinger?

Drone bees, the males, are larger and do not have stingers. The female bees (worker bees and queens) are the only ones that can sting, and their stinger is a modified ovipositor.

Are honey bees Social?

Honey bees are social insects that live in colonies. Honey bee colonies consist of a single queen, hundreds of male drones and 20,000 to 80,000 female worker bees.

Do all bees make honey?

Actually, no! Honey is made by social honey-making bees to feed the hive and the queen through the winter. Most bee species don't make honey because they are not social bees and don't live in a hive; most bee species are solitary bees.