Tribe Apini - Honey Bees

Classification

Dark Honey bee 0n coral vine - Apis mellifera

Honey Bee collecting nectar ona Woods' Rose - Apis mellifera

Apis mellifera, European honey bee - Apis mellifera

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)

Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)

Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees)

Tribe Apini (Honey Bees)

Contributed by Joel Kits on 16 April, 2005 - 8:54pm

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