“BEE TYPES” –>
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*’bees’ are ‘flying insects’ closely related to ‘wasps’ + ‘ants’, known for their role in ‘pollination’ and, in the case of the best-known ‘bee species’ (the ‘european honey bee’), for producing ‘honey’ + ‘beeswax’*
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(‘bees’ are a ‘monophyletic lineage’ within the superfamily ‘apoidea’, presently considered as a clade ‘anthophila’)
(there are nearly ‘20,000 known species’ of ‘bees’ in 7 to 9 recognized ‘families’, though many are ‘undescribed’ and the actual number is probably higher)
(they are found on every ‘continent’ except ‘antarctica’, in every ‘habitat’ on the ‘planet’ that contains ‘insect-pollinated flowering plants’)
(some species including ‘honey bees’, ‘bumblebees’, and ‘stingless bees’ live socially in ‘colonies’)
(‘bees’ are adapted for feeding on ‘nectar’ and ‘pollen’, the former primarily as an ‘energy source’ and the latter primarily for ‘protein’ and other ‘nutrients’)
(most ‘pollen’ is used as ‘food’ for ‘larvae’)
(‘bee pollination’ is important both ‘ecologically’ and ‘commercially’; the decline in ‘wild bees’ has increased the value of ‘pollination’ by ‘commercially managed hives’ of ‘honey bees’)
(‘bees’ range in ‘size’ from ‘tiny stingless bee species’ whose ‘workers’ are less than ‘2 millimeters (or ‘0.08 inches’) long, to megachile pluto, the largest species of ‘leafcutter’ bee, whose ‘females’ can attain a length of ’39 millimeters (or ‘1.54 inches))
(the most common bees in the ‘northern hemisphere’ are the ‘halictidae’ (or ‘sweat bees’), but they are ‘small’ and often mistaken for ‘wasps’ or ‘flies’)
(‘vertebrate predators’ of ‘bees’ include ‘birds’ such as ‘bee-eaters’)
(‘insect predators’ include ‘beewolves’ and ‘dragonflies’)
(‘human beekeeping’ or ‘apiculture’ has been practiced for ‘millennia’, since at least the times of ‘ancient egypt’ and ‘ancient greece’)
(apart from ‘honey’ and ‘pollination’, ‘honey bees’ produce ‘beeswax’, ‘royal jelly’, and ‘propolis’)
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(‘bees’ have appeared in ‘mythology’ and ‘folklore’ (again since ‘ancient times’), and they feature in ‘works of literature’ as varied as…)
virgil’s georgics
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*beatrix potter’s the tale of missus tittlemouse*
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(W. B. Yeats’s poem the lake isle of innisfree)
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(‘bee larvae’ are included in the javanese dish botok tawon, where they are eaten steamed with ‘shredded coconut’)
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