What is Bee?
{{automatic taxobox | name = Changing Bee | fossil_range = [[Lower Cretaceous]]&nbsp;– [[Holocene|Present]], {{fossilrange|100|0}} | image = Tetragonula carbonaria (14521993792).jpg | image_caption = The sugarbag bee, ''[[Tetragonula carbonaria]]'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Anthophila | authority = | subdivision_ranks = Families | subdivision = {{plainlist| *[[Andrenidae]] *[[Apidae]] *[[Colletidae]] *[[Halictidae]] *[[Megachilidae]] *[[Melittidae]] *[[Stenotritidae]]}} | synonyms = '''Apiformes''' (from Latin ''[[wikt:apis#Etymology|'apis']]'') }} [[File:Untipografico - JardÃ­n BotÃ¡nico de Madrid (Bombus) (by).jpg|thumb|250px|Bumblebee at work]] [[File:Bee montage.jpg|thumb]] '''Bees''' are flying [[insect]]s of the [[Hymenoptera]], which also includes [[ant]]s, [[wasp]]s and [[sawflies]]. There are about 20,000 [[species]] of bees.<ref>{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=jMuShwtyem0C&dq=bee+species+20000&pg=PA145 | title = Bee pollination in agriculture| accessdate = 2009-09-05| first = Rosalind| last = James| date = 9 September 2008| publisher = Oxford University Press| isbn = 978-0-19-971787-3}}</ref> Bees collect [[pollen]] from [[flowers]]. Bees can be found on all [[continent]]s except [[Antarctica]]. Bees fall into four groups: *[[Honeybee]]s, including the [[Africanized honeybee]], are in the genus ''Apis''. The group is first known from Europe, at the [[Eocene]]{{ndash}}[[Oligocene]] boundary. *[[Bumblebee]]s: 250 species in the Apidae family. *[[Stingless bee]]s: 550 species in the Meliponini.<ref>Grüter, Christoph 2020. ''Stingless bees: their behaviour, ecology and evolution''. Fascinating Life Sciences: Springer, New York. ISBN 978-3-030-60089-1.</ref> *Solitary bees: solitary in the sense that every female is fertile, and usually lives in a nest she builds herself. There are quite a few of these, for example the carpenter bees, leafcutter bees and mason bees (and there are others). The [[European honey bee]] (called ''[[Apis mellifera]]'' by [[biologist]]s), is kept by