Apoidea

Translingual right|thumb|Apis mellifera Etymology From mul Apis oidea. Proper noun superfamily order Hymenoptera bees and certain wasps Usage notes Wasps in this group were previously collected in the now obsolete superfamily Sphecoidea superfamily (synonymous with the series Spheciformes series), which grouping is, however, paraphyletic. Bees are now thought to have descended from wasps from the family Crabronidae family. Hypernyms superfamily ; Apocrita suborder suborder Hyponyms superfamily Ampulicidae family (cockroach wasps), Andrenidae family (mining bees), Apidae family (many bees, including honey bees), Colletidae family (masked bees, miner bees and plasterer bees), Crabronidae family (some wasps), Halictidae family (sweat bees), Heterogynaidae family (certain wasps), Megachilidae family, Melittidae family, Sphecidae family (thread-waisted wasps), Stenotritidae family (now subfamily Stenotritinae subfamily in Colletidae family) families †Angarosphecidae family, †Paleomelittidae family extinct families References 154344 1 mul Hymenopterans