TYPES OF HONEY BEE

As social insects, bees can be divided into two kinds, namely a solitary life and live in colonies. Who live more solitary species that colonize than dengna. Bee bee colonies are living together in a large group and form a community. Each of its members can not be separated and the other members.

Including honey bees live in colonies of social insects. Each bee has a specific task that is essential for the survival of the colony. In a hive, the colony consists of three members of the bee community, the queen bee, drones hundreds, and thousands of worker bees.
Classification of social bees as follows.
                            Phylum      : Artbropoda (Star jointed)
                            Subphyllum: Mandibulata
                            Klas           : insects (Insects)
                            Subclasses : Pterygota
                            Order        : Hymenoptera
                            Suborder   : Clistogastra
                            Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: 1. Bombidae (regular Bees)
           2. Meliponidae (bee honey without the sting)
           3. Apidae (honey bees)

Bombidae family is not so important as producers of honey because too little honey. However, it is very important insects as pollinators of plants.
Family Melinoponidae not including stingless bee species. Its role as a producer of honey is also not that important because little honey production.
Apoidea family is kind of true honey-producing bees. The most important as a producer as producing honey and wax are honey bees of the genus Apis. The most important species of farmed or harvested honey is the result of honey bee Apis mellifera from Europe, Apis Apis unicolor adonsonii or from Africa, Apis dorsata or Apis indica from Asia

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