Species of bees

Bees include bees, wasps, yellow-collared bees, China bees, red-footed thin-waisted bees, velvet ant bees, Taiwan Province spider bees, yellow-waisted tiger bees, black-bellied tiger bees, yellow-footed tiger bees, black-tailed wasps, yellow-footed bees, heterobees, cockroaches and thin bees. Live in groups. Hymenoptera is distributed all over the world, with more than 654.38+10,000 known species and at least 250,000 estimated.

Bees usually refer to all the insects of Apiidae, which are mainly divided into two categories: Vespidae (such as wasps) and Formicidae, which belong to Hymenoptera with ants, and common bees are just one of them. All bees feed on nectar and pollen, which plays an important role in insect pollination.

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Morphological characteristics of bees

The front wing has 2 ~ 3 sub-marginal chambers, and the mouthparts are chewing and sucking, which are suitable for sucking nectar. The antenna has 12 nodes for female and 13 nodes for male. Chest hypoplasia. There are 6 female segments and 7 male segments in the abdomen. There are thorns in the abdomen of females (rarely none), and the external genital structure of the abdomen of males varies from family to family, which is one of the more important classification characteristics.

Except for a few species with smooth surfaces and only a small amount of fluff and metallic luster, most bees are covered with brightly colored feathers or branched fluff.

Female powder collecting organs are developed: Primitive Aphidae, Aphidae and Aphidae have long hair on hind foot base, trochanteric joint and leg joint; The leg joints and tibial joints of nectariaceae are developed; The tibiofibular joint and basal tarsal joint of the social honeybee family are flat, and both sides are composed of long hair carrying pollen; The brush of the sawfly family is located on the ventral surface of the abdomen.

Male organs that do not collect pollen. Parasitic seeds have simple hair and no powder collector. Generally 2 ~ 30 mm long. The egg is small, oval and smooth, with patterns around the sperm cells and milky white. The larvae are thick and fat, C-shaped, footless, single-eyed, inactive, with degenerated mouthparts and antennae and pale body color. Pupa is separated from pupa.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Bees