forms on Earth.РArthropod phylum?节肢动物门РChitinous exoskeleton?几丁质外骨骼РHoney bee basicsРHoney bees (or honeybees), the genus Apis, represent only a small fraction of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees.РSome other types of related bees produce and store honey, but only members of the genus Apis are true honey bees.РDistinguished by? the production and storage of honey ? the construction of perennial(长久的), colonial nests out of wax.РStingless beeР膜翅目,蜜蜂总科,麦蜂族,>500种?store pollen and honey in large egg-shaped pots made of beeswaxРMeliponines have stingers, but they are highly reduced and cannot be used for defense (defend by biting)?most tropical or subtropical regionsРa few of them produce honey on a scale ,farmed by humans?Hundreds to tens of thousands individuals, honey as medicine
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