Family

Apidae (Honey bees, bumble bees, and allies)

Bombus flavidus flavidus. Photo: (c) Katja Schulz, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees, but also includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees, orchid bees, cuckoo bees, and a number of other less widely known groups. Many are valuable pollinators in natural habitats and for agricultural crops.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Hymenoptera (Ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies)
        Suborder: Apocrita (Narrow-waisted wasps, ants, and bees)
        Infraorder: Aculeata (Ants, bees, and stinging wasps)
        Superfamily: Apoidea (Bees and apoid wasps)
        Epifamily: Anthophila (Bees)
        Family: Apidae (Honey bees, bumble bees, and allies)
        Subfamily: Apinae (Apine bees) (19)
        Subfamily: Nomadinae (Nomad and related cuckoo bees) (1)
        Subfamily: Xylocopinae (Carpenter bees) (4)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Apinae (Apine bees)

Subfamily: Nomadinae (Nomad and related cuckoo bees)

Subfamily: Xylocopinae (Carpenter bees)

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