Apidae

walwyn Fri, 02/12/2010 - 00:02

This family consists of the honey bees, stingless bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, bumblebees, and others. In all there are about 30,000 species, they all eat pollen and nectar and feed their larvae on the same diet.

Apidae

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Apis

walwyn Sun, 11/07/2021 - 22:44

Apis are the honey bees. There are 8 species, though 11 have been recorded.

Apis

Bombus

walwyn Sun, 08/07/2011 - 11:04

The genus Bombus contains the commonly named Bumblebees. These are social insects that construct their nests underground, or in the case of the Carder bees in leaf litter beneath hedges.

Bombus

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Bombus lapidarius

walwyn Sat, 10/15/2022 - 00:00

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Species: B. lapidarius

Bombus

Bombus pascuorum

walwyn Fri, 08/12/2011 - 00:28

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Species: B. pascuorum

Bombus

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Bombus sylvestris

walwyn Sat, 08/13/2011 - 22:52

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Species: B. sylvestris

Bombus

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Bombus vestalis

walwyn Thu, 08/11/2011 - 22:46

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Species: B. vestalis

Bombus

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Nomada

walwyn Sun, 02/14/2010 - 22:10

The genus Nomada contains over 850 species and is one of the largest of the Apidae genera. These bees are wasp like with yellow and black, or brown and black markings. Most of them are Kleptoparasites and are known as cuckoo bees, due to laying their eggs in the nests of other species.