BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
APOCRITA
(bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)
APIDAE
(bees)
Apidae
is also a member of:
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

APIDAE (bees)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Species Apis mellifera Linnaeus (Honey Bee, Hive Bee)   13 8 3
Genus Bombus (bumble bees) 11 119 13 14
Genus Psithyrus (cuckoo bees) 5 56 16 4

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Bumblebee pages: http://www.bumblebee.org Bumblebee pages
Benton, E., 2006 Bumblebees
Edwards, M. & Jenner, M., 2005 Field Guide to Bumblebees of Great Britain and Ireland
Bumble bees: http://www.sci.muni.cz/ptacek/bombi.htm Bumble bees

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 general literature references to APIDAE (bees)

APIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 HYMENOPTERA
(bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)		 Aculeata
(aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)		 APOIDEA
(solitary and hive bees)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 119 feeding and other relationships of APIDAE (bees)

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