Language: Chinese with bilingual preface in English and Chinese, and scientific nomenclature
This book is a list of known species in the honeybee family in China, covering some 766 species. Each species is classified into the corresponding families, genus and subgenus according to the current classification system, and different species within the same genus or subgenus are arranged in the order of their scientific names.
Summary in Chinese:
本书为蜜蜂总科的蜜蜂科、准蜂科及隧蜂科中国已知种的物种名录,包括中国分布的蜜蜂科、准蜂科及隧蜂科物种766种,其中蜜蜂科412种、准蜂科26种、隧蜂科328种。每一物种按现行分类系统归于相应的科、属及亚属内,同一属或亚属内的不同物种按其拉丁学名字母的先后顺序排列。