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Apine Bees
Apinae
The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae. It includes the familiar "corbiculate" (pollen basket) bees — bumblebees, honey bees, orchid bees, stingless bees, and the extinct genus Euglossopteryx. It also includes all but two of the groups (excluding Nomadinae and Xylocopinae) that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae.
19 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Bombini
tribeBombini
Honey Bees
tribeApini
Longhorn Bees
tribeEucerini
Digger Bees
tribeAnthophorini
Stingless Bees
tribeMeliponini
Chimney Bees
tribeEmphorini
Orchid Bees
tribeEuglossini
Melectini
tribeMelectini
Centridini
tribeCentridini
Exomalopsini
tribeExomalopsini
Tapinotaspidini
tribeTapinotaspidini
Ericrocidini
tribeEricrocidini
Osirini
tribeOsirini
Tetrapediini
tribeTetrapediini
Isepeolini
tribeIsepeolini
Rhathymini
tribeRhathymini
Protepeolini
tribeProtepeolini
Ctenoplectrini
tribeCtenoplectrini
Ancylaini
tribeAncylaini
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Apinae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 199939.