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Hymenoptera is very species-rich, with over 6,000 species of bees alone.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2023

Eiseman is working on a guide to the larvae of sawflies — the most primitive group of Hymenoptera, the relatives of ants, bees and wasps.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022

By trade, he is an entomologist, an expert on the Hymenoptera order — wasps, bees and ants — but his interest in this insect ritual was not merely academic.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2016

With the eusocial Hymenoptera, not only do individuals sacrifice themselves for the group, the vast majority of colony members have given up reproduction altogether.

From Scientific American • Jul. 9, 2012

It will frequently be advisable, also, especially in the collection of Diptera, Hymenoptera, and other delicate insects, to put a strip of blotting paper partially round the inner side of the bottle.

From Directions for Collecting and Preserving Insects by Riley, C. V.