NOUN | animal | Apoidea, superfamily Apoidea | bees |
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Meaning | bees. | |
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Synonym | superfamily Apoidea | |
Member of | Hymenoptera, order Hymenoptera | An order of insects including |
Members | Andrenidae, family Andrenidae | A large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground |
Apidae, family Apidae | honeybees | |
Halictidae, family Halictidae | A family of small solitary bees | |
Megachilidae, family Megachilidae | leaf-cutting and mason bees | |
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 | |
Broader | arthropod family | Any of the arthropods |
Spanish | Apoidea, superfamilia Apoidea |
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