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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Apis</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>Apis mellifera</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Apidae</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>bee</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>honey bee genus</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Genus containing several species of bees native to tropical Eurasia and found in Africa. Members of the honey bee genus produce honey and are generalist floral visitors that pollinate a wide variety of plants. The body becomes dusted with pollen during foraging; this pollen is then transferred from plant to plant as the bee continues to visit flowers.  ]]></note></mads>