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A blue banded bee (Amegilla) hovers near a white flower, with green foliage in the background, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Close-up of a plasterer bee, Colletes daviesanus, with striped abdomen and fuzzy thorax, perched on the edge of a green leaf. Nectar
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A metallic green sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens) collects pollen on the dark purple center of a bright yellow coneflower. All Hail the Queens
Which bee species really need saving?
A female blue mason bee (Osmia caerulescens) carries leaf mastic while flying toward an insect box nest entrance in a garden, close-up view. bee diversity infographic
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Roles of bees and flowers in European woodlands
Learn about ecological relationships between bees and various woodland flowers. Plant-pollinator...
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
How do bees make honey?
Overview of how honeybees produce honey.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Which bee species really need saving?
Learn about which of 20,000 species of bees are at risk of extinction.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Life in a bumblebee colony: A summer tale
Watch a colony of bumblebees build an underground nest.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
The fascinating chemistry behind honey production
Explore the chemistry of honey production.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Why bees are important to the environment
Bees may be a little scary, but a world without them would be much scarier.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
See an animation explaining the role of bees in the honey-making process
A brief overview of the honey-making process and the roles played by bees.
Video: © MinuteEarth (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
What's causing the mysterious mass death of honeybees?
Learn about colony collapse disorder.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Springtime in a European woodland: Bumblebees vs. mice
Watch a queen bee searching for a nest site force a mouse out of its hole.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
How do social wasps and bees communicate danger?
An overview of how social wasps and bees use pheromones to communicate danger.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

Images

Solitary bee
A blue-banded bee (Amegilla species) flying near a flower in Tamil Nadu,...
© karthik photography—Moment Open/Getty Images
Plasterer bee
Close-up of a plasterer bee (Colletes daviesanus).
© Wirestock/Dreamstime.com
Nectar
A honeybee (Apis) drinking nectar from a flower.
Peter
Sweat bee
Bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens) foraging on a coneflower.
© marcophotos—iStock/Getty Images
Blue mason bee
Female blue mason bee (Osmia caerulescens) flying into an insect box in...
© Andy Sands—Nature Picture Library/Alamy
Red mason bee
Close-up of a red mason bee (Osmia bicornis). 
© peter/stock.adobe.com
Leaf-cutting bee (Anthidium)
M.W.F. Tweedie—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
honeycomb
Bee in a honeycomb.
© Getty Images
Africanized honeybee and European honeybee
A western, or European, honeybee (right) and an Africanized honeybee on a honeycomb.
Scott Bauer/USDA Agricultural Research Service
bee approaching a flower
Bee approaching a flower.
© Photos.com/Jupiterimages
bumblebee
Bumblebee (Bombus)
Lilyan Simmons
Bumblebee on teasel
A large bumblebee (Bombus species) pollinating a teasel flower head (Dipsacus...
AdstockRF
Carpenter bee
A large carpenter bee (Xylocopa species) foraging.
Joaquim Alves Gaspar
Honeycomb
A western honeybee (Apis mellifera) on a honeycomb.
© Comstock Images—Stockbyte/Getty Images
bees on a honeycomb
Bees on a honeycomb.
© liquidlibrary/Jupiterimages
honeybee dance movements
Dance movements of the honeybee: (left) round dance and (right) tail-wagging dance.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Honeybee life cycle
The life cycle of the honeybee.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
anaphylaxis
Systemic anaphylactic response to bee venom in an individual with type I hypersensitivity....
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Cross-pollination
The process of cross-pollination using an animal pollinator.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Honeybee body plan
Body plan of a honeybee.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Interactives

All Hail the Queens
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
bee diversity infographic
Click on a hexagon to learn more about bee diversity.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Melissa Petruzzello text, Patrick O'Neill Riley art
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