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Where do bees fit in the animal kingdom?

​​Classification
​Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenopthera
Suborder: Apocrita
Super Family: Apoidea
Family: Apidae
Subfamily: Apinae
Tribe: Apini
Geneus: Apis
Species: Mellifera
The science of naming groups of animals is called Taxonomy. Animals are grouped on the basis of shared characteristics. Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist is considered to be the father of taxonomy, as he developed a system known as Linnaean taxonomy. In 1758 Carl Linnaeus named bees as Apis Mellifera.