Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax.

Bees are a monophyletic lineage within the superfamily Apoidea, presently classified by the unranked taxon name Anthophila.

Bees are adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen, the former primarily as an energy source and the latter primarily for protein and other nutrients.

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.

Bees are the favorite meal of Merops apiaster, the bee-eater bird.

Bees play an important role in pollinating flowering plants, and are the major type of pollinator in ecosystems that contain flowering plants.

Bees gathering nectar may accomplish pollination, but bees that are deliberately gathering pollen are more efficient pollinators.

Bees, wasps, and ants are attracted to the sugar-water and may crawl into the feeder, where they may become trapped and drown.

Two Old English charms mention figures that are theorized as representing an Anglo-Saxon notion of valkyries or valkyrie-like female beings ; Wið færstice, a charm to cure a sudden pain or stitch, and For a Swarm of Bees, a charm to keep honey bees from swarming.

Towards the end of For a Swarm of Bees, the swarming bees are referred to as " victory-women " ( Old English sigewif ):

Islands that are protected within the park include Keswick Island, St Bees Island, Cockermouth Island and Scawfell Island, which is the largest in the group.

Bees are the most effective insect pollinators.

Bees typically are fuzzy and carry an electrostatic charge.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Academy ( Home to the Bees ), and Vincent Memorial Catholic High School ( Home to the Scots ), Roman Catholic schools operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, are also in Calexico.

This and other events are held in the maintained old Burnettsville High School Gym, locally known as the " Bee Hive ", the teams being known as the Burnettsville " Bees ", before the consolidation of the White County Schools in 1962.

The Baldwinsville sports teams are nicknamed the " Bees ," and have had some recent success, especially in Girl's Volleyball ( 2010 New York State Champions, 2006, 2009 & 2011 New York State Semi-Finalists, and 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Section 3 Champs ), 2008 Boy's Cross Country ( 6th ranked team in the state ), and Boy's Soccer ( 2007 & 2008 Section 3 Champions ).

The Salt Lake Bees are a minor league baseball team based in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The Bees play in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League ( PCL ) and are the top affiliate of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Angels.

In Brazil, the African hybrids are known as Assassin Bees, for their habit of taking over an existing hive of European bees ; this habit is most evident when the hive being attacked has a weakened queen, so not all hives are equally vulnerable, and overall rates of hive usurpation can reach 20 %.

To the period of his Dublin residence are also to be referred the Thoughts on Laughter ( 1725 ) ( a criticism of Thomas Hobbes ) and the Observations on the Fable of the Bees, being in all six letters contributed to Hibernicus ' Letters, a periodical that appeared in Dublin ( 1725 – 1727, 2nd ed.

In 2011 with new vital blood the legendary group featuring Derrick " Duckie " Simpson, Andrew Bees, Kaye Starr, are touring the US first time since 2002 with successful shows and festivals Worldwide.

The original broadcasts took place on BBC Radio 4 between 1980 and 1988 ( as detailed in the table below ), with one programme ( The Hee Bee Gee Bees Special ) from the same team premiering on BBC Radio 2.

Only one album, Dynasty, was released before Bees went back to pursue his solo career in 2003.

Willie Murphy, who replaced Willie Walker in Willie & The Bees " was named one of the three charter members of the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame, along with Bob Dylan and Prince ," according to Blues on Stage, who added, " the Minnesota Music Association has given more nominations and awards to Willie and his groups than anyone else ".

However, according to an anecdote current in the 1960s, the boys were asked for suggestions and one proposed the present name (" Bees " and " Swifts " already existed ).

Tommy Miller, one of the top Scottish speedway stars of the day, joined the Eagles in 1954 but moved on to the Coventry Bees mid-season.

In spite of these problems Barnet won promotion to Division Two, but the Bees were unable to sustain themselves at this level and went down after one season with just five league wins in the campaign.

The following season, 2004 – 05, with Fairclough at the helm, the Bees went one better than the previous season and were crowned Champions of the Conference National and regained their football league status, after amassing an impressive 86 points in the season, and scoring 90 goals with it.

Hee Haw !," entitled " The Bees Are So Angry ," was two hours instead of the usual one, and included 5 teams, 5 stunts, and a $ 100, 000 prize instead of the usual 4 teams, 3 stunts, and $ 50, 000 prize.

Visalia is one of the 4 oldest cities of the Cal League, along with San Jose, California ( the San Jose Giants / Bees ); Modesto, California ( the Modesto Nuts / A's ) and the previous past in Lodi, California north of Stockton which goes back 70 years to 1941.

Bees searching for nectar must force their way past one of the stigmas to enter the chamber formed by the style.

Bees from one beehive will try to rob honey from another hive.

After one season, however, the San Francisco Missions moved to Salt Lake City, where they became the Salt Lake Bees.

They were even one of only two surviving teams alongside The Killer Bees in the elimination tag team match at the first annual Survivor Series pay-per-view on November 26, 1987.

The 1992-93 season looked as though it would be a successful one for the Bees, who entered the new year in 10th place and on the brink of the playoff zone, with all the talk at Griffin Park being about a second successive promotion and top division football for the first time since 1947.

He worked on the independent circuit, at one point forming a tag team with " Evil " Eddie Watts known as the " Super Bees ".

While tensions mounted between the Crown and the Carolinas, some key southern Pastors became a target of King George: "... this church ( Bullock Creek ) was noted as one of the " Four Bees " in King George's bonnet due to its pastor, Rev.

At one point during the Bees game, an upset Hershberger alluded to his father's suicide and said he would do likewise.

* William Dunne ( 1843-1915 ) Ballymanus House owner / breeder of two Irish Derby Winners Soulouque 1879, King of the Bees 1880 and one Grand National Winner 1867 Cortolvin.

However, earlier in the year, The Birds, The Bees & The Monkees proved to be another successful album, yielding the group's sixth million-selling single in " Valleri " and yet another number one in " Daydream Believer ", a bittersweet pop song from the pen of former Kingston Trio member John Stewart.

Bees were expected to be one of the smaller teams in this big league, playing against teams with big arenas.

Bees did finish a creditable third in his first season, but never really looked like one of the better teams in the league.

However, The Bees did go one better a few weeks earlier, in the EPL Cup, winning the two legged final against the Hull Stingrays in March.

Not content with one trophy though, Bees followed it up with their first ever play-off success at the SkyDome Arena in Coventry, overcoming the Peterborough Phantoms 2 – 1 in a semi-final shoot-out, before defeating arch rivals and the previous season's league champions, the Guildford Flames, 3 – 2, in the final.