Apis

Also known as honeybee genus, honey bee genus, honey bee, honeybee, bee

genus of insects

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Apis is a genus of honeybees, a group of insects known for producing honey and pollinating plants. These bees matter because they play a crucial role in agriculture and ecosystems by pollinating crops and wildflowers while producing honey that humans have used for food and other purposes.

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Species

Apis

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyApidae

Observations recorded1,268,411

蜜蜂（Apis）是一種會飛行的群居昆蟲，採食花粉和花蜜並釀造和储存蜂蜜，利用蜂蜡来建造长期居住的群体巢穴。在21世纪早期，被认可的蜜蜂种类仅有7种，44个亚种，尽管历史上被认可的蜜蜂种类有6到11种。其中最有名的蜜蜂是西方蜜蜂，它已经被驯养以提供蜂蜜制品以及为庄稼授粉。蜜蜂只是20000个已知蜂种之中的一个小部分。一些其它类型的蜂（包括无蛰蜜蜂）也会生产和储存蜂蜜，但是只有蜜蜂属的成员才真正被称为蜜蜂。对于蜂的研究，包括对蜜蜂的研究，被称为蜂学。

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Commons category: Apis (insect)
taxon name: Apis
Commons gallery: Apis (insect)
taxon common name: Apis
taxon author citation: Linnaeus, 1758

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A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect from the genus Apis of the largest bee family, Apidae. Honey bees are known for their construction of perennial nests within cavities (i.e. beehives) containing hexagonal cells made of secreted wax, their large colony sizes, and their routine regurgitation of digested carbohydrates as surplus food storage in the form of honey, the lattermost of which distinguishes their hives as a prized foraging target of many mellivorous animals including honey badgers, bears and human hunter-gatherers.