family Apidae

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family Apidae - honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees

Apidae

arthropod family - any of the arthropods

Apoidea, superfamily Apoidea - bees

Apis, genus Apis - type genus of the Apidae: honeybees

genus Xylocopa, Xylocopa - carpenter bees

Bombus, genus Bombus - bumblebees

genus Psithyrus, Psithyrus - a large bee that resembles the bumblebee but lacks pollen-collecting apparatus and a worker caste

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Within this group, the family Apidae Latreille, stands out because of their remarkable species richness.

Heterochromatin distributon and chromosomal mapping of microsatellite repeats in the genome of Frieseomelita stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)

The family Apidae had the highest number of species (17) and individuals (516) followed by Megachilidae with nine (9) species with 60 individuals, Halictidae with eight (8) species with sixty-eight (68) individuals, and a single species from the family Colletidae that had only, with one (1) individual.

Distance Effects on Diversity and Abundance of the Flower Visitors of Ocimum kilimandscharicum in the Kakamega Forest Ecosystem. (Research Article)

(Family Apidae), the orchard mason bee, Osmia lignaria Say (Family Megachilidae), and two species of squash bees, Peponapis pruinosa Say and Xenoglossa strenua Cresson (Family Apidae), although nearly 500 species of bees inhabit the state (Burley, 2007).

Pollination Deficit in Apple Orchards at Murree, Pakistan

[18] observed insect pollinators from the order Hymenoptera, family Apidae, subfamily Apinae, consisting of the species Apis cerana, Apis dorsata, and Trigona sp., from the subfamily Xylocopinae, the species Xylocopa caerulea, X.

Diversity of Wild Bees along Elevational Gradient in an Agricultural Area in Central Java, Indonesia