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Apidae

Index Apidae

Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. [1]

44 relations: Allodapini, Ammobatini, Ammobatoidini, Ancylaini, Anthophorini, Apinae, Apoidea, Bee, Bee (mythology), Biastini, Bombini, Brachynomadini, Bumblebee, Carpenter bee, Centridini, Ceratina, Crop, Ctenoplectrini, Emphorini, Epeolini, Ericrocidini, Eucerini, Euglossini, Eusociality, Exomalopsini, Habitat, Honey bee, Kleptoparasitism, Leiopodus, List of crop plants pollinated by bees, Manuelia, Melectini, Nomada, Nomadinae, Osirini, Pollinator, Stingless bee, Subfamily, Tomato, Townsendiellini, Tribe (biology), Vitex, Xylocopa micans, Xylocopinae.

Allodapini

The Allodapini is a tribe of bees in the subfamily Xylocopinae, family Apidae.

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Ammobatini

Ammobatini is a tribe of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae.

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Ammobatoidini

Ammobatoidini is a tribe of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae.

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Ancylaini

Ancylaini is a tribe of apid bees.

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Anthophorini

The Anthophorini are a large tribe in the subfamily Apinae of the family Apidae.

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Apinae

The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae.

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Apoidea

The superfamily Apoidea is a major group within the Hymenoptera, which includes two traditionally recognized lineages, the "sphecoid" wasps, and the bees.

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Bee

Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the European honey bee, for producing honey and beeswax.

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Bee (mythology)

In mythology, the bee, found in Indian, Ancient Near East and Aegean cultures, was believed to be the sacred insect that bridged the natural world to the underworld.

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Biastini

Biastini is a tribe of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae.

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Bombini

The Bombini are a tribe of large bristly apid bees which feed on pollen or nectar.

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Brachynomadini

Brachynomadini is a tribe of cuckoo bees in the family Apidae.

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Bumblebee

A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families.

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Carpenter bee

Carpenter bees are species in the genus Xylocopa of the subfamily Xylocopinae.

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Centridini

The Centridini are a tribe of large apid bees, many of which possess adaptations for carrying floral oils rather than (or in addition to) pollen or nectar.

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Ceratina

The cosmopolitan bee genus Ceratina, often referred to as small carpenter bees, is the sole lineage of the tribe Ceratinini, and closely related to the more familiar carpenter bees.

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Crop

A crop is a plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence.

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Ctenoplectrini

The bee tribe Ctenoplectrini of the subfamily Apinae, with the two genera Ctenoplectra and Ctenoplectrina, comprises 9 species in tropical Africa, 10 in Asia, and 1 in Australia.

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Emphorini

The Emphorini are a tribe of apid bees.

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Epeolini

Epeolini is a tribe of cuckoo bees, a tribe of the subfamily Nomadinae.

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Ericrocidini

The Ericrocidini are a tribe of apid bees.

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Eucerini

The Eucerini (often called long-horned bees) are the most diverse tribe in the family Apidae, with over 32 genera worldwide that were previously classified as members of the family Anthophoridae.

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Euglossini

The tribe Euglossini, in the subfamily Apinae, commonly known as orchid bees or Euglossine bees, are the only group of corbiculate bees whose non-parasitic members do not all possess eusocial behavior.

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Eusociality

Eusociality (from Greek εὖ eu "good" and social), the highest level of organization of animal sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generations within a colony of adults, and a division of labor into reproductive and non-reproductive groups.

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Exomalopsini

The Exomalopsini are a tribe of bees in the family Apidae.

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Habitat

In ecology, a habitat is the type of natural environment in which a particular species of organism lives.

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Honey bee

A honey bee (or honeybee) is any member of the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests from wax.

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Kleptoparasitism

Kleptoparasitism (literally, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal takes prey or other food from another that has caught, collected, or otherwise prepared the food, including stored food (as in the case of cuckoo bees, which lay their eggs on the pollen masses made by other bees; food resources could also be in the form of hosts of parasitic or parasitoid wasps).

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Leiopodus

The Protepeolini are a tribe of apid bees.

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List of crop plants pollinated by bees

This is a list of crop plants pollinated by bees.

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Manuelia

Manuelia is a genus of bees in the subfamily Xylocopinae, the only genus in the tribe Manueliini.

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Melectini

The Melectini are a tribe of medium- to large-sized apid bees found essentially worldwide.

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Nomada

With over 850 species, the genus Nomada is one of the largest genera in the family Apidae, and the largest genus of cleptoparasitic "cuckoo bees".

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Nomadinae

Nomadinae is a subfamily of bees in the family Apidae.

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Osirini

The Osirini are a tribe of cleptoparasitic apid bees, all but one genus exclusively from the Neotropics, and laying their eggs in the nests of bees in the apid tribe Tapinotaspidini; the one exceptional genus is Epeoloides, which has one North American species and one European species, both of which attack the melittid genus Macropis.

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Pollinator

A pollinator is an animal that moves pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of a flower.

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Stingless bee

Stingless bees, sometimes called stingless honey bees or simply meliponines, are a large group of bees (about 500 species), comprising the tribe Meliponini (or subtribe Meliponina according to other authors).

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Subfamily

In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.

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Tomato

The tomato (see pronunciation) is the edible, often red, fruit/berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as a tomato plant.

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Townsendiellini

Townsendiellini is a tribe of bees in the family Apidae.

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Tribe (biology)

In biology, a tribe is a taxonomic rank above genus, but below family and subfamily.

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Vitex

Vitex is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae.

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Xylocopa micans

Xylocopa micans, also known as the southern carpenter bee, is a species of bee within Xylocopa, the genus of carpenter bees.

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Xylocopinae

The subfamily Xylocopinae (family Apidae) occurs worldwide, and includes the large carpenter bees (tribe Xylocopini), the small carpenter bees (tribe Ceratinini), the allodapine bees (tribe Allodapini), and the relictual genus Manuelia (tribe Manueliini).

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Anthophoridae, Apid, Social bee.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apidae

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