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Preferred term

bees

Is replaced by

bees

Definition

[Henderson's] n.plu. insects of the superfamily Apoidea of the order Hymenoptera, some of which are social and some solitary. They include the honey bees (Apis), bumblebees (Bombus) and ﬂower bees (Anthophora). Bees feed themselves and their young on pollen and nectar gathered from ﬂowers, and are important plant pollinators. The social bees form colonies with a single queen, males (drones) and workers.

Broader concept

deprecated concept

Note

[source of definition ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee

Scope note

LTER EU controlled vocabulary

Creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/EnvEu_51

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Created 3/31/16, last modified 3/21/22

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