Bēon sind flēogende pīan þe þǣm wæpsum and æmettum nēahsibbe sind. Bēon sind āntwiglic strēon beinnan þǣm oferhīrede Apoidea, nū geendebyrded þurh þone ungegradodan naman Anthophila. Man findeþ geneahhe 20,000 cūðra cynna þǣre bēon, in nigon gecnāwene hīrede, þēahþe manige sind unāmearcode, and is gewene hīerre. Hīe sind gefunden on ǣlcum landdǣle būtan Antarctican, in ǣlcum landscipe þæs planētan þe inn pīen-gesǣdeda blōstmienda plantan hæfþ.