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While about 20,000 species of bees exist, only eight species of honey bee are recognized, with a total of 43 subspecies, although historically seven to 11 species are recognized: Apis andreniformis (the black dwarf honey bee); Apis cerana (the eastern honey bee); Apis dorsata (the giant honey bee); Apis florea (the red dwarf honey ...
5 de may. de 2024 · Honeybee, any of a group of insects in the family Apidae that in a broad sense includes all bees that make honey. All honeybees are social insects and live together in nests or hives. There are two honeybee sexes, male and female, and two female castes.
16 de oct. de 2021 · Keep in mind that there are many types of bees and honey bees represent only a small fraction of the roughly 20,000 known species of bees. But now, let’s focus on honey bees: There are:-> 2 small honey bee species (Micrapis) with single exposed combs: Apis florea and Apis andreniformis
17 de oct. de 2023 · Honey bees have three pairs of fuzzy black legs, a pair of antennae, and two pairs of wings. Like all bees, honey bees have a body composed of three segments: head, thorax, and abdomen. Female honey bees have hind legs with pollen pouches (corbicula) used to transport pollen to the hive. Honey bees can grow up to 1/2” (1.2 cm) long.
Apis mellifera, the western honey bee, has many subspecies. The most recent taxonomic revision in 1999 recognized 28 subspecies [1] and three additional subspecies have been described since then ( Apis mellifera pomonella in 2003, Apis mellifera simensis in 2011, and Apis mellifera sinisxinyuan in 2016; see below).
5 de jul. de 2018 · Apis mellifera sucking nectar from flowers. Honey bees are members of the genus Apis, famous for the production and storage of honey and the usage of wax to create colonial nests. Currently, seven species and 44 subspecies of honey bees are known to inhabit the world.
The most common bee types include honeybees, bumblebees, carpenter bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees, sweat bees, squash bees, blue orchard bees, mining bees, and stingless bees. These bees vary in size, coloration, nesting and foraging behavior, but all play important roles in plant pollination.
