Apidae (family) (A long-tongued bee)

This is a large family, containing many familiar bee species: European Honeybee (Apis mellifera), Blue-banded and Teddy-bear bees (Amegilla spp.), and Carpenter Bees (Exoneura spp.). Many bees in this family carry pollen on the outside of the hind tibia in a basket-like structure, or 'corbicula'.