We found 2 definitions of apoidea from 2 different sources.
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apoidea - bees | ||
superfamily Apoidea | ||
arthropod family any of the arthropods | ||
hymenoptera, order hymenoptera an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc. | ||
bee any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species | ||
queen bee fertile egg-laying female bee | ||
worker bee sterile bee specialized to collect food and maintain the hive | ||
apidae, family apidae honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees | ||
andrenidae, family andrenidae a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground | ||
family halictidae, halictidae a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture |