Apocrita Apocrita The Apidae are a large family of bees, comprising the common honeybees, stingless bees (which are also cultured for honey), carpenter bees, and bumblebees. Honeybees and bumblebees are colonial, though they are believed to have developed this independently, and show notable differences in such things as communication between workers. Carpenter bees are solitary, though they tend to be gregarious. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apidae"
Apis is the genus of bees from which the honeybee and most other honey producers originate. The genus at the moment of writing has nine species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apis (genus)"
Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. ...more on Wikipedia about "Apocrita"
Chalcid wasps (superfamily Chalcidoidea) belong to the insect order Hymenoptera. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chalcid wasp"
Chalcidoidea is a superfamily of Hymenoptera ...more on Wikipedia about "Chalcidoidea"
Fig wasps are wasps of the family Agaonidae which pollinate figs or are otherwise associated with figs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fig wasp"
Halictidae is a family of the order Hymenoptera consisting of small to midsize bees which are usually dark-colored and often metallic. Several species are all or partly green and a few are red. ...more on Wikipedia about "Halictidae"
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Honeybees are a subset of bees which fall into the Order Hymenoptera and Suborder Apocrita. Of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees, there are eleven species within the genus Apis, all of which produce and store honey to some degree. Four species have historically been cultured for or robbed of honey by humans: Apis mellifera (Western honeybee), Apis florea (Dwarf honeybee/little bee), Apis cerana and Apis dorsata. They have been domesticated at least since the time of the building of the Egyptian pyramids. ...more on Wikipedia about "Honeybee"
Mymaridae is a family of Chalcid wasps. They attack the eggs of other insects. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mymaridae"
Torymidae is a family of wasps that consists of rather slender species. They have a long ovipositor. Many are parasites and plant-eating species. They are small, the length is only some milimetres. ...more on Wikipedia about "Torymidae"
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