honey bee http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005989 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_7459 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Apis_(genus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_bee https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Apis https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102857 QL568.A6 A eusocial flying insect within the genus Apis of the bee clade, all native to Eurasia but spread to four other continents by human beings. They are known for construction of perennial, colonial nests from wax, for the large size of their colonies, and for their surplus production and storage of honey, distinguishing their hives as a prized foraging target of many animals, including honey badgers, bears and human hunter-gatherers. Apis honey bees honeybee