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The Will-O-BeesBee Bee Clade of insects This article is about the group of flying insects. For other uses, see Bee (disambiguation). Bees are winged insects that form a monophyletic clade Anthophila within the superfamily Apoidea of the order Hymenoptera, with over 20,000 known species in seven recognized families.[1][2][3] Some species – including honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees – are social insects living in highly hierarchical colonies, while over 90% of bee species – including mason bees, carpenter bees, leafcutter bees, and sweat bees – are solitary. Members of the most well-known bee genus, Apis (i.e. honey bees), are known to construct hexagonally celled waxy nests called hives. Quick facts Scientific classification, Families ... Bees Temporal range: 70–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ… (Source: Wikipedia)
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