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Bee

Bees are winged insects that form a monophyletic clade Anthophila within the superfamily Apoidea of the order Hymenoptera, with over 20,000 known species in seven recognized families. Some species – including honey bees, bumblebees, and stingless bees – are social insects living in colonies, whereas over 90% of bee species – including mason bees…

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Bee

Nodes378
Edges377
Triples349
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.005291
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Bee

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related to In mythology and folklore · 26
Bee → Apollo, Aristotle, Bees, Bernard Mandeville, Delphic, Erasmus, Gottfried Hermann, Greek, Hermes, Homer's Hymn, Honey, In European, Karl Marx, Melissa, Merovingians, Mycenean, Napoleon, Plato, Seneca, Shakespeare
related to Fossils · 25
Bee → Aculeata, Apidae, Apoidea, Cretaceous, Cretotrigona, Early Eocene, Eocene-Oligocene, Florissant, Late Cretaceous, Melittosphex, Middle Eocene, Miocene, Mya, New Jersey, Oligocene, Palaeomacropis, Pleistocene, The, The Allodapini, The Andrenidae
related to In art and literature · 24
Bee → And, At, Babbity Bumble, BC, Beatrix Potter's, Bedford Park, Bees, Boatwrights, Comb, Dakota Fanning, Innisfree, Kit Williams, London, Mrs Tittlemouse, Nine, Secret Life, Some, Spain, Sue Monk Kidd's The, The Bee
related to Eusociality · 17
Bee → Africa, African, Africanized, Apis, Bees, Europe, European, Eusociality, If, In, Middle East, The, Their, There, This, True, When
related to As brood parasites · 16
Bee → African, Alpinobombus, Arctic, Bombus, Brood, Bumblebee, Cape, Females, In, In Southern Africa, Nomadinae, These, They, This, Unlike, When
related to Exposure to chemical stressors · 15
Bee → Bees, Clothianidin, Comparative, European Union, Following EFSA's, Imidacloprid, Industrial, Insecticides, Long-term, Neonicotinoids, Nosema, Other, These, Thiamethoxam, Varroa
related to Digestion · 14
Bee → Although, Approximately, Bacteria, Bees, Bifidobacterium, Digestion, Gilliamella, Lactobacillus, Pollinating, Snodgrassella, The, Three, Trigona, While
related to Floral relationships · 13
Bee → All, Apidae, Bumblebees, For, In, Larrea, Male, Melittidae, Most, Once, Some, Such, United States
related to Beekeeping · 12
Bee → Aeneid, Animals Book, Aristotle's History, Beekeeping, Depictions, Egyptian, Georgics, Humans, Pliny's Natural History, Simple, The, Virgil
related to External links · 12
Bee → All Living Things, Apoidea, Bees, BugGuide, BugGuideNative Bees, Encyclopedia, Genera, Life, North America, North American, Science, WorldAnthophila

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bees species honey pollen insects solitary eusocial colonies nests many nectar larvae wasps also predators workers brood food apidae including

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bee-eatersinstance ofVertebrate predators of bees include primates and birds0.80text
wasps by having branched or plume-like setaeinstance ofshowing labium and maxillaeDifferences from waspsBees differ from closely related groups0.80text
wasps by having branched or plume-like setaeinstance ofDifferences from waspsBees differ from closely related groups0.80text
the tribe Melikertiniinstance ofleading to the extinction of some bee lineages0.80text
beetlesinstance ofcup-shaped blooms pollinated by insects0.80text
so the syndrome of insect pollination was well established before bees evolvedinstance ofcup-shaped blooms pollinated by insects0.80text
nectarinstance offlowers developed floral rewards0.80text
longer tubesinstance offlowers developed floral rewards0.80text
and bees developed longer tongues to extract the nectarinstance offlowers developed floral rewards0.80text
beesinstance ofThis condition is more easily met in haplodiploid species0.80text
where the genetic relationships create strong incentives for cooperative behavior.Haplodiploidy alone does not explain the evolution of eusocialityinstance ofThis condition is more easily met in haplodiploid species0.80text
termites are not haplodiploidinstance ofSome eusocial species0.80text

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