

It is often found on the surface of the earth. Gold is found in many places, but in a small supply. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, The word they refers to. Which of the following sentences describes the physical appearance bees?A. Bees only live with insect-flowering plants.ģ. What is the main idea of paragraph one?A. Giving information about bees in the Northern Hemisphere.Ģ. Members of the family Halictidae, or sweat bees, are the most common type of bee in the Northern Hemisphere, though they are small and often mistaken for wasps or flies.ġ. The largest bee in the world is Megachile pluto, a leafcutter bee whose females can attain a length of 39 mm (1.5"). Bees all have two pairs of wings, the hind pair being the smaller of the two in a very few species, one sex or caste has relatively short wings that make flight difficult or impossible, but none are wingless.The smallest bee is Trigona minima, a stingless bee whose workers are about 2.1 mm (5/64") long. They have antennae almost universally made up of 13 segments in males and 12 in females, as is typical for the super family.

They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants.Bees have a long proboscis (a complex "tongue") that enables them to obtain the nectar from flowers. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in nine recognized families though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax.
