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Honey bees (or honeybees) are a subset of bees which represent a far smaller fraction of bee diversity than most people suspect; of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees, there are only seven presently-recognized species with a total of 44 subspecies (Engel, 1999; historically, anywhere from six to eleven species have been recognized). These bees are the only living members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis, and all of which produce and store liquefied sugar ("honey") to some degree, and construct colonial nests out of wax secreted by the workers in the colony. Other types of related bees produce and store honey, but only members of the genus Apis are considered true honey bees.
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What types of bees build hives inside trees?
Honey bees.
What do you call the study of honey?
A person who studies honey bees is an apiologist. A person who keeps honey bees is an apiarist. A person that studies all types of bees is a melittologist.
What are the types of bees involved in bee keeping?
a crap load
Which types of Acacia trees make honey?
Honey is made by bees, not trees.
Why are there different types of bees?
Well, Theres killer bees. And honey bees. Honey bees collect food for there family/home members. Killer bees protect the hive and also try to gather food honey bees dont sting. there nice =))
The bees who are busy taking care of the hive and making honey are called?
I think those in particular are called Honey Bees. There are two different types of bees: the Honey Bee (or just the Bee) and the Bumble Bee.
How many bees make honey that is eaten by humans?
We only collect honey from honey bees, and there are seven species of honey bee worldwide.
Gow many times do bees get honey?
Bee can get honey 2 to 3 times a year. Honey from bees are a seasonal thing.
What is the biggest mob of bees?
A swarm of honey bees can have as many as 25,000 bees in it.
What are three types of honey bees?
gloden italian, carrolian, caucasian
Who eats giant honey bees?
Mostly various types of birds.
What is sticky and sweet and comes from bees?
honey hence the name honey bees Honey bees also produce bees wax by converting honey.
