Certain behaviors are known from members of the Apinae that are rarely seen in other bees, including the habit of males forming "sleeping aggregations" on vegetation - several males gathering on a single plant in the evening, grasping a plant with their jaws and resting there through the night (sometimes held in place only by the jaws, with the legs dangling free in space).
Also known from Apinae is the habit of gathering floral oils instead of pollen for use as a larval food; this behavior is otherwise known only from a few lineages in the family Melittidae.
Referencesedit
^Dehon, M.; Michez, D.; Nel, A.; Engel, M. S.; De Meulemeester, T. (2014). "Wing Shape of Four New Bee Fossils (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) Provides Insights to Bee Evolution". PLOS ONE. 9 (10): 1–16. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108865. PMC4212905. PMID 25354170.
BugGuide.Net: Subfamily Apinae—Honey, Bumble, Long-horned, Orchid, and Digger Bees — Images by tribe
April 14, 2024
apinae, subfamily, that, includes, majority, bees, family, apidae, includes, familiar, corbiculate, pollen, basket, bees, bumblebees, honey, bees, orchid, bees, stingless, bees, africanized, bees, extinct, genus, euglossopteryx, also, includes, groups, excludi. The Apinae are the subfamily that includes the majority of bees in the family Apidae It includes the familiar corbiculate pollen basket bees bumblebees honey bees orchid bees stingless bees Africanized bees and the extinct genus Euglossopteryx 1 It also includes all but two of the groups excluding Nomadinae and Xylocopinae that were previously classified in the family Anthophoridae ApinaeFemale Tetraloniella sp Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder HymenopteraFamily ApidaeSubfamily ApinaeLatreille 1802TribesAncylaini Ancyloscelidini Anthophorini digger bees Centridini Ctenoplectrini Emphorini Ericrocidini Eucerini long horned bees Exomalopsini Isepeolini Melectini Osirini Protepeolini Rhathymini Tapinotaspidini Tarsaliini Tetrapediini Melikertini Corbiculata Shuckard 1866 Apini honey bees Bombini bumblebees Euglossini orchid bees Meliponini stingless beesMost species in the subfamily other than honey bees bumblebees and stingless bees are solitary though several of the tribes are entirely kleptoparasitic such as the Ericrocidini Isepeolini Melectini Osirini Protepeolini and Rhathymini Behaviors editCertain behaviors are known from members of the Apinae that are rarely seen in other bees including the habit of males forming sleeping aggregations on vegetation several males gathering on a single plant in the evening grasping a plant with their jaws and resting there through the night sometimes held in place only by the jaws with the legs dangling free in space Also known from Apinae is the habit of gathering floral oils instead of pollen for use as a larval food this behavior is otherwise known only from a few lineages in the family Melittidae References edit Dehon M Michez D Nel A Engel M S De Meulemeester T 2014 Wing Shape of Four New Bee Fossils Hymenoptera Anthophila Provides Insights to Bee Evolution PLOS ONE 9 10 1 16 doi 10 1371 journal pone 0108865 PMC 4212905 PMID 25354170 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Apinae nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Apinae BugGuide Net Subfamily Apinae Honey Bumble Long horned Orchid and Digger Bees Images by tribe Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Apinae amp oldid 1194368564, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
