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According to fossil data, a large number of bees have been found in the late Eocene strata of Tertiary, and many species of APIs have great economic value and are closely related to human life. There are records of bees and their uses in ancient China. Many kinds of products or behaviors are closely related to medicine (such as honey, royal jelly and bee venom), agriculture (such as crop pollination) and industry (such as beeswax and propolis). They are called resource insects. The most familiar ones are Italian bees and oriental bees, which are domesticated artificially to make honey.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-bees