Environmental Thesaurus

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/EnvEu_51

Preferred Name

bees

Definitions

[Henderson's] n.plu. insects of the superfamily Apoidea of the order Hymenoptera, some of which are social and some solitary. They include the honey bees (Apis), bumblebees (Bombus) and flower bees (Anthophora). Bees feed themselves and their young on pollen and nectar gathered from flowers, and are important plant pollinators. The social bees form colonies with a single queen, males (drones) and workers.

Obsolete

true

In Schemes
Type

http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

scopeNote

LTER EU controlled vocabulary

creator

herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

definition

[Henderson's] n.plu. insects of the superfamily Apoidea of the order Hymenoptera, some of which are social and some solitary. They include the honey bees (Apis), bumblebees (Bombus) and flower bees (Anthophora). Bees feed themselves and their young on pollen and nectar gathered from flowers, and are important plant pollinators. The social bees form colonies with a single queen, males (drones) and workers.

note

[source of definition ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee

isReplacedBy

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20599

prefLabel

bees

created

2016-03-31

broader

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/1

deprecated

true

modified

2022-03-21

exactMatch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/bees

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