Noun | 1. | ![]() arthropod family - any of the arthropods Hymenoptera, order Hymenoptera - an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. bee - any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species queen bee - fertile egg-laying female bee worker bee - sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive Apidae, family Apidae - honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees Andrenidae, family Andrenidae - a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground family Halictidae, Halictidae - a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture family Megachilidae, Megachilidae - leaf-cutting and mason bees |