#bee any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
supertype: hymenopterous_insect__hymenopterousinsect__hymenopteran__hymenopteron__hymenopter insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
member of: superfamily_Apoidea
subtype: drone stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
subtype: honeybee__Apis_mellifera social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
subtype: Africanized_bee__Africanized_honey_bee__killer_bee__Apis_mellifera_scutellata__Apis_mellifera_adansonii a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas
subtype: black_bee__blackbee__German_bee dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin
subtype: Carniolan_bee grayish highly productive European honeybee that has a quiet disposition
subtype: Italian_bee yellowish honeybee resembling the Carniolan bee in its habits
subtype: carpenter_bee__carpenterbee large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
subtype: bumblebee__humblebee robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
subtype: cuckoo-bumblebee a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees
subtype: andrena__andrenid__mining_bee a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena
subtype: Nomia_melanderi__alkali_bee a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States
subtype: leaf-cutting_bee__leaf-cutter__leaf-cutter_bee bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
subtype: mason_bee__masonbee any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand
subtype: potter_bee solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant
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