Honey bee
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A honey bee is a eusocial flying insect from the genus Apis of the largest bee family, Apidae. Honey bees are known for their construction of perennial nests within cavities containing hexagonal cells
The Lone Pollinator
Western honey bee on a honeycomb
The European honey bee may have originated from eastern Africa. This bee is pictured in Tanzania.
An Africanized honey bee (left) and a European honey bee on a honeycomb
Bumblebee
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A bumblebee is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera are k
Honey bee
…from the New World, Apis nearctica, known from a single 14 million-year-old specimen from Nevada. The close relatives of modern honey bees—e.g., bumblebees and stingless bees—are also social to some degree, and social behavior is considered to be a trait that predates the origin of the genus. Among the…
Bombus lapidarius Melilotus officinalis Tallinn
Bombus distribution
Beatrix Potter's 1910 story The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse features a "bumble bee" called Babbity Bumble.
Bombus pristinus described in 1867