The taxonomic family that includes all true honeybees, containing over 16,000 species of bees found worldwide.
From Latin apis (bee) + Greek -idae (family designation). This scientific classification was established in modern taxonomy during the 19th century.
All honeybees—from the familiar European honeybee to carpenter bees to orchid bees—are classified in this single family, showing how nature groups related creatures together!
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