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Bees are flying and annoying (in my opinion) insects. They are cousins of wasps and ants, and there are almost 20,000 species, but there are most likely many more unaccounted for. They are found on every continent except Antarctica.
Bees greatly vary in size, the smallest being 2.1mm long and the largest at 39mm. The most common bee is probably the Halictidae (a.k.a.sweat bee), but they are often mistaken for wasps or flies.
Although the Halictidae is the most common bee, the most well known bee is the Western Honey Bee, who produce honey and are the type of bees that Beekeepers keep.
All bees use nectar and pollen as an energy source and food, except for Trigona hypogea, or vulture bees, which, as the name suggests, feed on rotten meat.
Every bee has 2 sets of wings the back pair being the smaller of the two. In a few species one sex has short wings that make flight very difficult to impossible.
Bees are extremely important in agriculture, as it is estimated that 1/3 of......

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