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1. As they are closely related to wasps, bees are known to be flying insects who are very active in pollination and making bees-wax and honey for the masses.
2. They have a monophyletic line of ancestry which is the family of Apoidea which linked to the taxon name Anthophila.
3. Did you known that there are almost 20,000 species of bees that are known about which are classified into nine different families of bees Although there are said to be more
4. There are known to be famines of bees on every single country and continent in the known world that has flowering and pollinated plants all except Antarctica which bears none.
5. Bees love to feed on nectar which is a very good energy source for them so that they can go about their business full of life.
6. Bees love to feed on pollen because it provides much needed protein and other nutrients for the bees and also acts as food source for the larvae that bees produce.
7. They have the ability to get nectar from flowers by using a 'complex' Tongue called a long proboscis which means they are able to get what they need successfully.
8. Did you know that bees have antennae that are usually made differently in males and females? In males they are made up of 13 different segments and females antennae are made up of 12 different segments.
9. It is known that bees have two pairs of wings but the second pair which is the hind pair are the smaller of the two sets of wings.
10. Of all the bees you can find in the world, the Trigona Minima is the smallest bee that you could possibly find measuring about 2.1 mm long.
11. Did you know that the largest bee in the entire world is the Megachile pluto, whose female species can measure about 39 mm in length in total.
12. The most common and often seen bee in the of the northern hemisphere is the Halictidae otherwise known as the sweat bee which are quite often thought to be wasps or even house flies.
13. Of all the bee species you could know about, the European honey bee is perhaps the most known about because of its ability to produce honey.
14 Merops apiaster, King-birds, Mockingbirds, Beewolves, and dragonflies are all keen on devouring bees and regularly seem them out to eat.
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