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  1. Bee - Wikipedia

    Bees are best known for their ecological roles as pollinators and, in the case of the best-known species, the western honey bee, for producing honey, a regurgitated and dehydrated viscous mixture of …

  2. Bee | Definition, Description, Hymenoptera, Types, & Facts | Britannica

    4 days ago · What is a bee? A bee (superfamily Apoidea) is any of more than 20,000 species of insects in the suborder Apocrita (order Hymenoptera), which includes the familiar honeybee (Apis) and …

  3. Bee Facts | Insects & Arachnids | BBC Earth

    Aug 7, 2024 · Honeybees and bumblebees are the iconic representatives of this busy and buzzy insect, but there are actually more than 20,000 different species of bee.

  4. Bees - National Wildlife Federation

    Like all insects, a bee’s body is divided into three parts: a head with two antennae, a thorax with six legs, and an abdomen. All bees have branched hairs somewhere on their bodies and two pairs of wings.

  5. Bee Facts, Types, Diet, Reproduction, Classification, Pictures

    Bees can be broadly classified into two types – the social bees, which form colonies consisting of a fertile queen, workers, and drones, and the solitary and communal bees, where every female bee is …

  6. 38 Types of Bees (with Pictures): A Visual Identification Guide

    Oct 17, 2023 · A guide to identifying different types of common bee species found around the world, complete with photos.

  7. Bee - San Diego Zoo Animals & Plants

    It’s a bee-utiful world with bees: Bees can be both remarkable and fascinating to watch, from a distance! Give them their space, and they will go about their work assisting in flowering plant reproduction and …

  8. Bee Insect Facts - Apis mellifera - A-Z Animals

    May 27, 2024 · Enjoy this expertly researched article on the Bee, including where they live, what they eat & much more. Now with high-quality pictures!

  9. Bee - New World Encyclopedia

    Bee is any member of a group of about 20,000 known species of winged insects of the superfamily Apoidea of the order Hymenoptera, an order that includes the closely related ants and wasps.

  10. An individual orchard mason bee can visit up 60,000 flowers in her lifetime. They are also very docile and rarely sting, making them suitable for urban situations.