# Honey bee

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    A species of social bees of the family Apidae, subfamily Apinae.
    
    Since ancient times, people have been breeding honey bees to obtain bee products: wax, honey, poison, propolis, beebread and others. With the development of agriculture, the role of bees as natural pollinators of plants grew (including the spread of pollination of crops by bees in greenhouses).

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