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How does a bee see?
Not too well, apparently. Check out their view of the world here.
How does a bee dance?
It can't do the Salsa, but it says more than any of us who attempt to trip the light fantastic.
How many types of bees are there?
abditus,
abnormis,
acutisquameus,
adventor,
affinis,
afghanus,
agnatus,
agricolae,
agrorum Fabricius,
agrorum Schrank,
alagesianus,
alboanalis,
alboniger,
albopleuralis,
alpigenus,
alpiniformis,
alpinus altaicus Eversmann,
altaicus Skorikov,
americanorum,
amurensis,
anachoreta,
andamanus,
andreae,
angustus,
apollineus,
appositusv
arcticus Dahlbom,
arcticus Quenzel,
arcticus Kirby,
ardens,
arenicola,
argillaceus,
armeniacus Radoszkowski,
armeniacus Reinig,
arvensis,
ashtoni,
asiaticus,
assamensis,
asturiensis,
atratus Franklin,
atratus Friese,
atripes,
atrocinctus,
atropygus,
audax,
auricomus,
avanus,
avinoviellus,
azureus,
baeri,
baguionensis,
baichengensis,
baikalensis,
balteatus,
bannitus,
barbutellus,
beaticola,
bellardii,
bellicosus,
bicolor Franklin, bicolor Hoppner,
bicoloratus,
bifarius,
bimaculatus,
birmanus,
biroi,
bischoffiellus,
bohemicus,
borealis,
braccatus,
brachycephalus branickii,
brasiliensis Lepeletier,
brasiliensis Smith,
breviceps,
brevivillus,
brodmannicus,
bureschi,
burjaeticus,
butteli,
cajennensis,
calidus Eversmann,
calidus Erichson,
californicus,
caliginosus,
callophenax,
campestris,
canariensis,
canus,
carbonarius,
cardui,
cascadensis,
caucasicus,
celticus,
centralis,
charharensis,
chayaensis,
chinensis Dalla Torre,
chinensis Morawitz,
chinensis Skorikov,
chinganicus Reinig (1936:6),
chinganicus Reinig (1936:8),
chloronotus,
cingulatus,
cinnameus,
citrinus Schmiedecknecht,
citrinus Smith,
clydensis,
coccineus,
cognatus combai,
confusus,
consobrinus,
consultus,
contiguus,
controversus,
convexus,
coreanus,
cornutus,
crawfordi,
crotchii,
cryptarum,
cullumanus,
czerskii,
daghestanicus,
dahlbomii,
decoomani,
defector,
dentatus,
derhamellus,
deuteronymus,
diabolicus (I'd stay away from this one),
difficillimus (this puppy too),
digressus,
diligens,
distinguendus,
diversus,
dolichocephalus,
duanjiaoris,
dumoucheli,
ecuadorius,
edwardsii,
elegans,
elisabethae,
emiliae,
ephippiatus,
eriophorus,
erzurumensis,
eurythorax,
eversmanni Friese,
eversmanni Skorikov,
eversmanniellus,
excellens,
exil,
exilis,
eximius,
expolitus,
exul,
fedtschenkoi,
ferganicus,
fernaldae,
fernaldi,
ferrugifer,
fervidus,
festivus Hoffer,
festivus Smith,
filchnerae,
flavescens Pittioni,
flavescens Smith,
flavicollis,
flavidus,
flavifrons,
flaviventris,
flavodorsalis,
flavopilosus,
flavothoracicus Bingham,
flavothoracicus Hoffer,
flavus Friese,
flavus Perez,
fletcheri,
florilegus,
folsomi,
formosellus,
formosus,
fragrans,
franklini,
fraternus,
frigidus,
friseanus,
fulvescens,
fulvofasciatus,
funebris,
funerarius,
gansuensis,
genalis,
genitalis,
gerstaeckeri,
gilgitensis,
gilvus,
globosus,
grahami,
griseocollis,
grossiventris,
guatemalensis,
haematurus,
haemorrhoidalis (ow!),
handlirschi,
handlirschianus,
haueri,
hedini Bischoff (1936:15 (Th.)),
hedini Bischoff (1936:26 (Ps.)),
heicens,
himalayanus,
hispanicus,
hoenei Bischoff (1936:10 (Ml.)),
hoenei Bischoff (1936:26 (Ps.)),
honshuensis,
hortorum,
hortulanus,
huangcens,
humilis,
hummeli,
huntii,
hydrophthalmus,
hyperboreus,
hypnorum,
hypocrita (a hypocritical bee?),
ignitus,
imitator,
impatiens,
impetuosus,
incertus indicus,
inexspectatus,
infirmus,
infrequens,
insularis Sakagami, & Ishikawa insularis Smith,
interruptus Greene,
interruptus Lepeletier,
intrudens,
irisanensis,
jacobsoni, japonicus, jonellus (the J's really lost out on the naming-thing, huh?)
kashmirensis,
keriensis,
kirbiellus,
kirbyellus,
klapperichi Pittioni (1949:266),
klapperichi Pittioni (1949:273),
kohistanensis,
kohli Cockerell,
kohli Vogt,
konakovi,
koreanus,
koropokkrus,
kotzschi,
kozlovi,
krusemani ,
kuani,
kulingensis,
kurilensis,
laboriosus,
ladakhensis,
laesus,
laevis,
lapidarius,
lapponicus,
latefasciatus,
lateralis,
latissimus,
latofasciatus,
lefebvrei,
lemniscatus,
lepidus,
leucopygus,
leucurus,
licenti,
liepetterseni,
ligusticus,
lii,
linguarius,
lissonurus,
longiceps,
longipes ,
lucorum,
lugubris Kriechbaumer,
lugubris Morawitz,
lugubris Sparre-Schneider,
luteipes,
lutescens,
macgregori,
maculidorsis,
maderensis,
magnus,
makarjini,
malaisei Skorikov,
malaisei Bischoff,
margreiteri,
martensi,
marussinus,
mastrucatus,
maxillosus,
maxwelli,
mearns,
medius,
melaleucus,
melanopoda,
melanopygus,
melanurus,
menchuae,
mendax,
meridionalis Dalla Torre,
meridionalis Richards,
mesomelas,
mexicanus,
mimeticus,
miniatocaudatus Vogt (1909),
miniatocaudatus Vogt (1911),
miniatus,
mirus,
mixtus Cresson,
mixtus Kriechbaumer,
mlokosievitzii,
mocsaryi,
moderatus,
modestus Cresson,
modestus Eversmann,
modestus Smith,
mongol,
monozonus Friese (1909),
monozonus Friese (1931),
montanus Lepeletier,
montanus Smith,
monticola,
montivagus,
montivolanoides,
montivolans,
morawitzi Friese,
morawitzi Radoszkowski,
morawitzianus,
morawitziides,
morio,
morrisoni,
mucidus,
muscorum,
mysticus,
napensis,
nasutus,
nemorum Fabricius (1775:380),
nemorum Fabricius (1775:382),
neoboreus,
neotropicus,
nepalensis,
nevadensis,
niger,
nigripes Perez,
nigripes Haliday,
nigriventris,
nigrodorsalis,
nigrothoracicus,
nikiforuki,
nivalis,
niveatus,
nobilis,
norvegicus,
notocastaneus,
novus,
nursei,
nymphae,
oberti,
obtusus,
occidentalis,
oceanicus,
ochraceus,
ochrobasis,
oculatus,
opifex,
opulentus,
orichalceus,
orientalis,
ornatus,
pallidus Evans,
pallidus Cresson,
paradoxus,
parthenius,
pascuorum,
patagiatus,
pekingensis,
pensylvanicus,
peralpinus,
perezi,
pereziellus,
perniger,
perplexus Cresson,
perplexus Radoszkowski,
persicus,
personatus,
phariensis,
picipes,
pieli,
pleuralis,
polaris,
pomorum,
portchinsky,
potanini,
praticola,
pratorum,
pressus,
pretiosus,
priscus,
proteus,
prshewalskyi,
przewalskiellus,
pseudobaicalensis,
pulcherrimus,
pullatus,
pyramideus,
pyrenaeus Lepeletier,
pyrenaeus Perez,
pyrenes,
pyrosoma,
quadricolor,
radoszkowskyi,
redikorzevi,
regeli,
reinigi,
reinigiellus,
religiosus,
remotus,
reticulatus,
richardsi Frison,
richardsi Popov,
richardsi Reinig,
roborowskyi,
robustus,
rohweri,
rotundiceps,
rubicundus,
rubriventris,
ruderarius,
ruderatus,
rufipes,
rufocinctus Cresson,
rufocinctus Morawitz,
rufocognitus,
rufofasciatus,
rufoflavus,
rupestris,
saltuarius,
saltuum,
sandersoni,
scandinavicus,
schrencki,
securus,
semenovi,
semenovianus,
semenoviellus,
semialbopleuralis,
senex,
senilis,
separandus,
separatus,
serrisquama,
shaposhnikovi,
shillongensis,
sibiricus,
sichelii,
signifer,
sikkimi,
silantjewi,
simillimus,
simulatilis,
simulus,
sitkensis,
skorikovi,
smithianus,
sololensis,
sonani,
sonomae,
sonorus,
soroeensis,
sporadicus,
steindachneri,
stenothorax,
stramineus,
strenuus Cresson,
strenuus Harris,
subbaicalensis,
subdistinctus,
subterraneus,
subtypicus,
suckleyi,
sulfureus,
superbus (yeow),
superequester,
supremus,
sushkini,
susterai May,
susterai Tkalcu,
susteraianus,
sylvarum,
sylvestris,
sylvicola,
tahanensis,
tajushanensis Pittioni (1949:244),
tajushanensis Pittioni (1949:277),
tanguticus,
tenellus,
tenuifasciatus Vogt (1909:49 (Pr.)),
tenuifasciatus Vogt (1909:49 (Ml.)),
terminalis Smith (1870),
terminalis Smith (1873),
ternarius,
terrestris,
terricola,
tersatus,
tetrachromus Cockerell,
tetrachromus Friese,
thoracicus Sichel,
thoracicus Spinola,
tianschanicus,
tibetanus Friese,
tibetanus Morawitz,
tibetensis,
tichenkoi,
tonsus,
transbaicalicus,
transversalis,
tricolor,
tricornis,
trifasciatus,
trilineatus,
trinominatus,
tristis Seidl,
tristis Sparre-Schneider,
tucumanus,
tunicatus,
turkestanicus,
turneri,
unicolor Friese,
unicolor Kriechbaumer,
unicus,
ussurensis,
vagans,
validus,
vallestris,
vandykei,
variabilis Cresson,
variabilis Schmiedeknecht,
variopictus,
varius Lepeletier,
varius Skorikov,
vasilievi,
velox,
velutinus,
vestalis,
veteranus,
villarricaensis,
violaceus,
vogti,
vogtiellus,
volucelloides,
vorticosus,
vosnesenskii,
waltoni,
waterstoni,
weisi,
wilemani,
wilmattae,
wurflenii,
wutaishanensis,
xelajuensis, xionglaris, xizangensis,
yezoensis,
yuennanensis, yuennanicola, yuennanicus,
zhadaensis,
zhaosu,
zonatus
Bet you're sorry you asked that one, aren't you?
If you really want to find out about all the species and sub-species,
go to Bombus
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