What is the taxonomic status of bees? How many kinds of bees are there in the world?

Bees belong to Arthropoda, Insecta, Hymenoptera, Apiidae, Apiidae and Apiidae in the animal kingdom. Their * * * characteristics are:

Social life in the camp; There is no distance on the tibial segment of the hind foot, and the worker bees secrete wax to nest the spleen, with hexagonal nests on both sides; The direction of nest and spleen is perpendicular to the direction of gravity. Nine species of bees have been found in the world, namely Italian bees, Italian bees and bees. Big bee, little bee, little bee, little bee, black bee, big bee. Each species can be divided into several geographical subspecies (geoscience or subspecies) because of the different natural environment in its distribution area, that is, the varieties in beekeeping. Varieties within the same species can mate with each other, and different species have reproductive isolation and cannot mate with each other. Among the bees, there are six species found in China: big bees, black bees, small bees, black bees, oriental bees and western bees. Among them, the western bee belongs to the imported bee species, which is the most evolved species in the genus Apis and the main breeding bee species in the world at present.

The content of this paper comes from: Investigation and Identification of Species Resources by China Agricultural Publishing House.