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Sēo hunigbēo is landbūendlicu pīe þe is oft gefreoðod, gefeormod, and geferod fram bēoceorlum. 

Hunigbēon sind underdǣl bēona þe feallaþ in þǣm Hāda Hymenoptera and Underhāda Apocrita. Of þǣm ymbe 20,000 cūðum cynnum bēona, sind endleofen cynn ƿiþinnan þǣm cynde  Apis, þāra eall cennaþ and hordiaþ hunig be sumum dǣle. Fēoƿer cynn ƿǣron getilod stǣrlīce oþþe hlōðiaþ huniges fram menniscum:  Apis mellifera (Ƿesterne hunigbēo), Apis florea (Dƿeorfhunigbēo/lȳtlu bēo), Apis cerana, and Apis dorsata. Hīe ƿǣron getemod forhƿǣga siþþan þā Egyptisce pyramidas ƿǣron getimbrod.

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