Bees

Domain: Eukarya

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hymenoptera

There are around 400 different species of the bumblebee including bumblebees, Stingless bees, and honey bees.

The importance of bees is for cross-pollination and many plants are depndnt on the bees to help it reproduce; for example the red clover or orchirds.

Bees are described by their enlarged hind feet which are usually equipped with pollen baskets of stiff hairs for gathering pollen. Bees feed by pollen and nector which is converted into honey.

Solitary bees are reffered as a carpenter, plasterer, leaf-cutting, burrowing, or mason bees because of the material or method the bees use to construct nests for their young.