a b Foote, B A (1995). "Biology of Shore Flies". Annual Review of Entomology. 40: 417–442. doi: 10.1146/annurev.en.40.010195.002221. Gilead, L.; Mumcuoglu, K. Y.; Ingber, A. (16 August 2013). "The use of maggot debridement therapy in the treatment of chronic wounds in hospitalised and ambulatory patients". Journal of Wound Care. 21 (2): 78–85. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2012.21.2.78. PMID 22584527. The family is worldwide ( Palearctic realm, Nearctic realm, Afrotropical realm, Neotropical realm, Australasian realm, Oceanian realm, Indomalayan realm), but has the greatest biodiversity in tropical and subtropical arid climates. In Europe, 335 species are distributed among 53 genera.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288683339_The_courtship_behavior_of_the_bee_fly_Meomyia_vetusta_Walker_Diptera_Bombyliidae Ferguson, D.J. and Yeates, D.K. 2013. The courtship behavior of the bee fly Meomyia vetusta Walker (Diptera: Bombyliidae). The Australian Entomologist 40, 89-92. There is much diversity in the insect world. For instance, bumble bees and honey bees are alike in some characteristics. But, their size and life style is different. Their bodies must perform different tasks. This leads to some variation between average flight speed of various bees and wasps.Yeates, David K. 1994. The cladistics and classification of the Bombyliidae (Diptera: Asiloidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History; no. 219, 191 pp. Sourakov, Andrei (2011). "Faster than a flash: The fastest visual startle reflex response is found in a long-legged fly, Condylostylus sp. (Dolichopodidae)". Florida Entomologist. 94 (2): 367–369. doi: 10.1653/024.094.0240. S2CID 86502767. So, while bees prefer to fly only two miles at most, it seems the true limit lies around the four-mile mark. Beyond that, it seems the energy used to fly and retrieve resources outweighs the return. It has also been noted that flying long distances will wear out a bee’s wings, severely shortening its lifespan, and putting a strain on the colony as it struggles to replace them. What temperature can bees fly? In summer we get many calls and questions from people with bees in their homes, outbuildings or bird boxes. Often these turn out to be bumblebees. As well as honey bees there are around 24 species of bumblebee and over 240 species of solitary bee in the UK. To find out what type of bees you have please see the pictures below.

Flies have appeared in literature since ancient Sumer. [93] In a Sumerian poem, a fly helps the goddess Inanna when her husband Dumuzid is being chased by galla demons. [93] In the Mesopotamian versions of the flood myth, the dead corpses floating on the waters are compared to flies. [93] Later, the gods are said to swarm "like flies" around the hero Utnapishtim's offering. [93] Flies appear on Old Babylonian seals as symbols of Nergal, the god of death. [93] Fly-shaped lapis lazuli beads were often worn in ancient Mesopotamia, along with other kinds of fly-jewellery. [93] This is a nationally rare species, and as its English name suggests it is found on heaths but also sandy banks and sand pits. This one is on the wing from early July to late August. Whitman, D. W.; Orsak, L.; Greene, E. (1988). "Spider mimicry in fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae): Further experiments on the deterrence of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) by Zonosemata vittigera (Coquillett)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 81 (3): 532–536. doi: 10.1093/aesa/81.3.532. a b "Abstract". Integrative and Comparative Biology. 20 (4): 723–972. 1980-11-01. doi: 10.1093/icb/20.4.723. ISSN 1540-7063. Bees can fly in light rain but will avoid it if possible. Rain weighs down bees, making their wings heavy, causing them to waste energy attempting to stay in the air.Stegman, Sylvia; Steenvoorde, Pascal (2011). "Maggot debridement therapy". Proceedings of the Netherlands Entomological Society Meeting. 22: 61–66. Why are insects not allowed in animal feed?" (PDF). All About Feed. August 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2016 . Retrieved 24 May 2016.