The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

HYMENOPTERA

The hymenoptera is an order of insects which includes the bees, wasps and ants. Most of the members have two pairs of membranous wings, and all members show a marked division of the body into head, thorax and abdomen. The order is divided into two sub-orders, distinguished by the manner in which the thorax is joined to the abdomen.
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