honey bee note #2
Johnson, B.R. ; Honey Bee Biology, Foreward
Honey Bees / Phylogeny (?)
says that bees from all taxonomic groups can express similar physiological and behavioural features, leading many fields studying bees to refer to a given bee's traits without bothering with its phylogeny
i.e. a bee might be described as a pollination specialist or generalist, a fast or slow flyer, long or short tongued, but this only refers to its adaptations relative to its environment and not its relation to other bees
[how bees are described or discussed]