The superfamily Apoidea is a major group (of over 30 000 species) within the Hymenoptera, which includes two traditionally recognized lineages, the "sphecoid" wasps, and the bees.

Apidae is the largest family within the superfamily Apoidea, containing at least 5700 species of bees. The family includes some of the most commonly seen bees, including bumblebees and honey bees , but also includes stingless bees (also used for honey production), carpenter bees , orchid bees , cuckoo bees , and a number of other less widely ...

Apr 3, 2025 · A bee (superfamily Apoidea) is any of more than 20,000 species of insects in the suborder Apocrita (order Hymenoptera), which includes the familiar honeybee (Apis) and bumblebee (Bombus and Psithyrus) as well as thousands of more wasplike and flylike bees.

Apr 10, 2025 · Apoidea is a superfamily composed of the bees and apoid wasps. At this point in time this page primarily presents information on North American bees. We encourage others to expand these guides to bees world wide as well as develop those …

May 18, 2018 · Our understanding of both, the evolution of social life-histories within Apoidea and the transition from entomophagous hunting (apoid wasps) to pollen-collecting (bees), relies on a solid knowledge of the phylogenetic tree of Apoidea with adequate taxon sampling.

Jan 31, 2025 · Ascher J.S., Pickering J. (2024) Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

The superfamily Apoidea is a major group within the Hymenoptera, which includes two traditionally recognized lineages, the 'sphecoid' wasps, and the bees. Molecular phylogeny demonstrates that the bees arose from within the Crabronidae, so that grouping is paraphyletic.

Apoid wasps are most closely related to bees, and are placed with them in the superfamily Apoidea, one of three superfamilies of the so-called “stinging Hymenoptera” or Aculeata; the other two subfamilies are Chrysidoidea and Vespoidea (Table 7)

Apoidea. Bees (Anthophila) and apoid wasps of the world (Life: Kingdom: Metazoa (animals); Phylum: Arthropoda; Class: Hexapoda; Order: Hymenoptera)

An exploratory analysis of cladistic relationships within the superfamily Apoidea, with special reference to sphecid wasps. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 1: 25-61. Brothers, D. J. 1999.