Bees of Zihuatanejo

SUBFAMILY APINAE

• Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)

• Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees (Suborder Apocrita)

• Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps (Infraorder Aculeata)

• Bees and Apoid Wasps (Superfamily Apoidea)

• Bees (Epifamily Anthophila)

• ​Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies (Family Apidae)

• Subfamily Apinae

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Subfamily Apinae is the largest and most diverse subfamily within the bee family Apidae, encompassing thousands of species distributed throughout the world. Members of Apinae exhibit an extraordinary range of forms, behaviors, and social systems, including solitary, communal, eusocial, and parasitic lifestyles. This subfamily includes many of the most familiar and ecologically important bees, such as honey bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees, orchid bees, stingless bees, and long-horned bees.