Honey bees are social insects in the family Apidae, order Hymenoptera. The most important species to humans is Apis millifera, the honey bee.Honey bees live in colonies or bee hives. Bees have two pairs of wings and compound eyes.
Bees are called social insects because they live and work together as a community. Thousands of female bees, called worker bees, live together in a hive with a queen bee. The queen bee is marked with a red dot so we can see her better.
