蜂的物種，原生於歐洲、亞洲與非洲，在西元十七世紀初被引進北美洲，身長約1.2公分（0.5吋），頭部與胸甲有少許剛毛，不同品種的顏色各異，具有兩個大型複眼，頭頂有三個單眼，視覺敏銳並有兩根敏銳的觸鬚配合偵測氣味。此物種有許多不同的類別、亞種及品種；和其他蜂一樣，蜜蜂也是群居的昆蟲，會一起住在蜂窩或蜂巢中。人類照料管理蜜蜂群已有幾百年的歷史，目的是要收取蜂蜜，以及在農業上利用蜜蜂為多種栽培植物傳播花粉。

蜜蜂(種)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
西方蜜蜂(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
家蜂(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
歐洲家蜂(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
義大利蜂(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
Apis mellifera(species)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,U)
Apis mellifera(species)　(P,,U,拉丁語-偏好,D,U,U)
honey bee(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
honey-bee(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
honeybee(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
domestic honey bee(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
European domestic bee(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
European honey bee(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
western hive bee(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
western honey bee(species)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
abeille domestique(species)　(,U,法語-非偏好,AD,U,U)
Apis mellifica(species)　(,U,拉丁語-非偏好,UF,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........活體有機體
............真核生物 (域)
................動物界 (界)
....................節肢動物門 (門)
........................六足綱 (亞門)
............................昆蟲綱 (綱)
................................膜翅目 (目)
....................................細腰亞目 (亞目)
........................................蜜蜂總科 (總科)
............................................蜜蜂科 (科)
................................................蜜蜂屬 (屬)
....................................................蜜蜂 (種)

source plant or animal for....

蜂蠟

英文....

Species of bee native to Europe, Asia, and Africa; introduced to North America in the early 17th century. It is around 1.2 cm (0.5 inch) in length,has a somewhat bristly head and thorax, and varyies in color according to the strain. Two large compound eyes and three simple eyes, or ocelli, are located on top of the head. Keen eyesight is complemented by two sensitive, odor-detecting antennae. There are a number of races, subspecies, and strains of this species. As with other bees, honey bees are social insects and live together in nests or hives. Honey bee colonies have been cared for and managed by humans for many centuries, for the purpose of harvesting their honey and for their role in agriculture as pollinators of a wide variety of domesticated plants.

Apis mellifera(species)............	[VP]
.................	ITIS Report: Taxonomy online (2005-)
.................	NCBI Taxonomy Browser (2008-)
.................	Smithsonian Collections Search Center (2009-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
honey bee(species)............	[VP]
.................	ITIS Report: Taxonomy online (2005-)
.................	NCBI Taxonomy Browser (2008-)
honey-bee(species)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
honeybee(species)............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
domestic honey bee(species)............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
European domestic bee(species)............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
European honey bee(species)............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
western hive bee............	[VP]
.................	Animal Diversity Web (1995-)
western honey bee(species)............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
abeille domestique(species)............	[VP]
.................	ITIS Report: Taxonomy online (2005-)
Apis mellifica(species)............	[VP]
.................	ITIS Report: Taxonomy online (2005-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

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聯合目錄： 蜜蜂 、西方蜜蜂 、家蜂 、歐洲家蜂 、義大利蜂 、Apis mellifera 、honey bee 、honey-bee 、honeybee 、domestic honey bee 、European domestic bee 、European honey bee 、western hive bee 、western honey bee 、abeille domestique 、Apis mellifera 、Apis mellifica