Bees
Bees are winged insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their roles in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the western honey bee, for producing honey.
Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea
There are over 20,000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological families.
Bees are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants.
Bees feed 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 their larvae
Human beekeeping or apiculture (meliponiculture for stingless bees) has been practised for millennia, since at least the times of Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece
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