<P> Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants , known for their role in pollination and , in the case of the best - known bee species , the European honey bee , for producing honey and beeswax . Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea and are presently considered a clade , called Anthophila . There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological families . They are found on every continent except Antarctica , in every habitat on the planet that contains insect - pollinated flowering plants . </P>
<P> Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants , known for their role in pollination and , in the case of the best - known bee species , the European honey bee , for producing honey and beeswax . Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea and are presently considered a clade , called Anthophila . There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in seven recognized biological families . They are found on every continent except Antarctica , in every habitat on the planet that contains insect - pollinated flowering plants . </P>
is a bee an animal or an insect
is a bee an animal or an insect
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