The tribe Euglossini, in the subfamily Apinae, commonly known as orchid bees or euglossine bees, are the only group of corbiculate bees whose non-parasitic members do not all possess eusocial behavior.

The "orchid bees" (the euglossini tribe within the bee family Apidae) are found in forests from Mexico to southeastern Brazil. They are easily distinguished from other bees by their extremely long thin tongues, which can equal twice the length of the body, and their shiny metallic coloration.

Euglossine bee, (tribe Euglossini), any of a large group of brightly coloured bees important to the ecology of New World tropical forests. Colour combinations include metallic blues, greens, and bronzes.

Euglossa dilemma, the green orchid bee or dilemma orchid bee, is a species of solitary euglossine bee native to a broad area of Central America, and recently introduced to Florida in the United States.

Euglossa imperialis is a bee species of the Euglossini tribe and Apidae family. The Euglossini are better known as "orchid bees," as they are known to interact almost exclusively with flowering orchid species as pollinators, and are known to search for nectar and chemical fragrances as well.

The orchid bees are all members of the family Apidae, and the tribe Euglossini, represented by five genera. Most are about the size of a honey bee, but are brightly colored with an iridescent metallic sheen.

May 21, 2020 · Orchid bees (Euglossini) are a New World (mainly Neotropical) group of 240 known species of corbiculate bees in one extinct (Paleoeuglossa) and five living genera (Fig. 1). They are found from the southern USA to northern Argentina.

Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) are a primarily Neotropical clade of bees including five genera and more than 240 species (Moure et al., 2007). Orchid bees are the pollinators of more than 200 plant genera (Ramírez et al., 2002).

Nov 1, 1982 · Euglossini are widely distributed in mainland tropical America. Males appear in numbers when an appropriate orchid flowers, but many species are rarely seen otherwise. Comments are made on...

Jun 29, 2010 · For more than 150 years, orchid bees (tribe Euglossini) have caught the attention of scientists and naturalists alike, mainly as a result of the intricate association of male bees as pollinators of orchid flowers (Dressler, 1967, 1968, 1982a; Roubik & Hanson, 2004).