Amber found in minnesota and NJ has samples of mellipona and trigona.
These are temperate locations. Honey Bees are endemic to temperate
climates including northern europe and asia. They might have originated
from the tropics, however is has been shown also that ALMOST ALL life
originated in the tropics (mostly africa) and moved out as it adapted
over millions of years. It should also be noted that when life
developed, the earth looked extremely different than today,
climatically, geographically and systematically (meaning it's
orientation and mode of travel and motion within the solar system)

I believe the question was relating to honey producing bees. Not all
bees store honey, and most that do are not edible for us, or at least
distasteful to us.

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