Skip to main content

Search from vocabulary

Content language

Concept information

This concept has been deprecated.

Preferred term

bees  

Is replaced by

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

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

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 3/31/16, last modified 3/21/22