About 100 results for ‘Bee’
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Bee
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. There are nearly 20,000 known species of bees in seven to nine recognized families, though many are undescribed and the actual number is probably higher. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, in every habitat on the planet that contains insect-pollinated flowering plants. 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. Most pollen is used as food for larvae. Bees have a long proboscis (a complex "tongue") that enables them to obtain the nectar from flowers. They have antennae almost universally made up of 13 segments in males and 12 in females, as is typical for the superfamily. 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. The smallest bee is Trigona minima, a stingless bee whose workers are about 2.1 mm (5/64") long. The largest bee in the world is Megachile pluto, a leafcutter bee whose females can attain a length of 39 mm (1.5"). Members of the family Halictidae, or sweat bees, are the most common type of bee in the Northern Hemisphere, though they are small and often mistaken for wasps or flies. The best-known bee species is the European honey bee, which, as its name suggests, produces honey, as do a few other types of bee. Human management of this species is known as beekeeping or apiculture. Bees are the favorite meal of Merops apiaster, the bee-eater bird. Other common predators are kingbirds, mockingbirds, beewolves, and dragonflies.
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LE BARDE...LA GEOGRAPHIE (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Middle Ages
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Amphitrite
- Angel
- Apollo
- Astrological sign
- Astronomy
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Field(s):
- Costume
- Entertainment
- Ethnology
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- Designation:
- robe
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bee
- Flower
- Plant stem
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- Date:
- 19th century
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BOUQUET DE FLEURS
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bee
- Copper
- Lepidoptera
- Odonata
- Papaver rhoeas
- Rose
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
LA PRINCESSE MATHILDE (1820-1904)
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- Field(s):
- Sculpture
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jan Brueghel the Elder
Corbeille de fleurs
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bee
- Lepidoptera
- Odonata
- Rose
- Still life
- Tulip
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Les quatre Docteurs de l'église
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ambrose
- Augustine of Hippo
- Bee
- Book
- Cardinal (Catholicism)
- Dairy cattle
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- Date:
- 17th century
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breton menant trois chevaux au pré et désignant un essaim...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bee
- Bocage
- Breton people
- Clothing
- Equestrianism
- Horse
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- Date:
- 19th century
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La première propriété (titre inscrit)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alcohol intoxication
- Bee
- Beehive
- Breton people
- Clothing
- Family
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- Date:
- 19th century
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animaux des marais (titre factice)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bee
- Beehive
- Bird
- Caterpillar
- Ciconia
- Lepidoptera
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- Date:
- 20th century
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Portrait d'Henri IV (titre factice)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bee
- Beehive
- Crown (headgear)
- Henry IV of France
- Leaf
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Francisco de Zurbarán
SCENE DE LA VIE DE SAINT PIERRE NOLASQUE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Designation:
- assiette | décor à forme géométrique
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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Hémistatère de Gaule Celtique
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- Field(s):
- Archaeology
- Gauls
- Numismatics
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- Portrayed subject:
- Auriga (slave)
- Bee
- Biga (chariot)
- Chariot
- Horse
- Whip
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- Date:
- Gauls
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- Artist(s):
- Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Abeille et ornement de la bordure du manteau
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bee
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- Date:
- 19th century
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