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There are over 16,000 known bee species in seven recognised families. Some species, such as honeybees, bumblebees and stingless bees, live in colonies, while others are solitary insects
Nov 20, 2020 · There are over 16,000 known bee species in seven recognised families. Some species, such as honeybees, bumblebees and stingless bees, live in colonies, while others are solitary insects
Nov 19, 2020 · Summary: There are over 20,000 species of bee, but accurate data about how these species are spread across the globe are sparse.
However, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on November 19 have created a map of bee diversity by combining the most complete global checklist of known bee species with the almost...
Nov 30, 2020 · Using a comprehensive checklist of bee distribution and almost 6 million public bee records, an international team of researchers pioneered an insight into global patterns of bee diversity. Most plants and animals follow the same pattern, in which there is most biodiversity towards the tropics, and less towards the poles.
Nov 19, 2020 · There are over 20,000 species of bee, but accurate data about how these species are spread across the globe are sparse.
There are over 20,000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological families. [2] [3] [4] Some species – including honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees – live socially in colonies while most species (>90%) – including mason bees, carpenter bees, leafcutter bees, and sweat bees – are solitary.
