List of bees of Great Britain

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This article contains a list of bees of Great Britain. The following species are all within the superfamily Apoidea.

Family Colletidae[]

Genus Colletes: plasterer bees[]

  • Colletes cunicularius, vernal colletes bee or spring mining-bee
  • Colletes daviesanus, Davies' colletes bee; Common in England, scarce in Scotland and Ireland
  • Colletes floralis, northern colletes bee
  • Colletes fodiens, hairy-saddled colletes bee; Widespread on sandy habitats in England, Wales and southern Scotland
  • Colletes halophilus, sea aster bee
  • Colletes hederae, ivy bee; Southern, generally coastal distribution
  • Colletes marginatus, little colletes bee; Localised to sand dunes on coasts of England and Wales. Inland population in the Brecks.
  • Colletes similis, common plasterer bee; Widespread in southern Britain and Ireland
  • Colletes succinctus, heather colletes bee; Widespread throughout the Britain and Ireland on heathland and moorland

Genus Hylaeus: yellow-face bees[]

  • , shingle yellow-face bee; Widespread, locally common syn. Hylaeus spilotus
  • Hylaeus brevicornis, short-horned yellow-face bee
  • Hylaeus communis, common yellow-face bee
  • Hylaeus confusus, white-jawed yellow-face bee
  • , spined hylaeus bee
  • , chalk yellow-face bee
  • Hylaeus hyalinatus, hairy yellow-face bee
  • , white-lipped yellow-face bee; syn. Hylaeus gibbus
  • , reed yellow-face bee
  • , little yellow-face bee
  • , onion yellow-face bee
  • , large yellow-face bee

Family Andrenidae[]

Genus Andrena: mining bees[]

Subgenus Micrandrena: mini-miners[]

  • , Alfken's miniature mining bee
  • , thick-margined miniature mining bee
  • , Chilterns miniature mining bee
  • Andrena minutula, common miniature mining bee
  • , plain miniature mining bee
  • , Barham miniature mining bee
  • , red-horned miniature mining bee
  • , long-fringed miniature mining bee
  • Andrena semilaevis, shiny-margined miniature mining bee
  • Andrena subopaca, impunctate miniature mining bee

Genus Panurgus: shaggy bees[]

  • , large shaggy bee
  • , small shaggy bee

Family Halictidae[]

Genus Halictus: end-banded furrow bees[]

Genus Lasioglossum: base-banded furrow bees[]

Genus Sphecodes: blood bees[]

Genus Dufourea: short-faced bees[]

  • , sheep's bit short-faced bee
  • , shiny short-faced bee

Genus Rophites: bristle-headed bees[]

  • , five-spined bee

Family Melittidae[]

Genus Dasypoda: pantaloon bees[]

Genus Melitta: blunthorn bees[]

  • , sainfoin blunthorn bee
  • , bellflower blunthorn bee
  • , clover blunthorn bee
  • , red bartsia blunthorn bee

Genus Macropis: loosestrife bees[]

Family Megachilidae[]

Genus Anthidium: wool carder bees[]

  • Anthidium manicatum, European wool carder bee

Genus Stelis: dark bees[]

  • , little dark bee
  • , spotted dark bee
  • , plain dark bee
  • , banded dark bee

Genus Heriades: resin bees[]

  • , ridge-saddled carpenter bee

Genus Chelostoma: scissor bees[]

Genus Osmia: mason bees[]

Genus Hoplitis: lesser mason bees[]

  • , welted lesser mason bee
  • , black and white lesser mason bee
  • , spined mason bee syn. Osmia spinulosa

Genus Megachile: leaf-cutter bees[]

Genus Coelioxys: sharp-tailed bees[]

  • , short sharp-tailed bee
  • , narrow-bodied sharp-tailed bee
  • , large sharp-tailed bee
  • Coelioxys elongata, dull-vented sharp-tailed bee
  • Coelioxys inermis, shiny-vented sharp-tailed bee
  • , small leaf-cutter cuckoo bee
  • , four-toothed sharp-tailed bee
  • , rufescent sharp-tailed bee

Family Apidae[]

Genus Nomada: nomad bees[]

Genus Epeolus: cuckoo mining bees[]

Genus Eucera: long-horned bees[]

Genus Anthophora: flower bees[]

Genus Melecta: mourning bees[]

  • , mourning bee
  • Melecta luctuosa, square-spotted mourning bee

Genus Ceratina: small carpenter bees[]

Genus Xylocopa: large carpenter bees[]

Genus Bombus: bumblebees[]

Subgenus Bombus: white-tailed bumblebees[]

Subgenus Kallobombus: broken-belted bumblebee[]

  • Bombus soroeensis, broken-belted bumblebee

Subgenus Megabombus: greater bumblebees[]

Subgenus Melanobombus: black-bodied bumblebees[]

Subgenus Psithyrus: cuckoo bumblebees[]

Subgenus Pyrobombus: fiery-tailed bumblebees[]

Subgenus Subterraneobombus: yellow bumblebee[]

Subgenus Thoracombus: carder bees[]

Genus Apis: honeybees[]

  • Apis mellifera, western honey bee
    • Apis mellifera mellifera, European dark bee

References[]

  1. ^ "Bee thought to be extinct found in East Sussex". The Guardian. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  • Else, George "Section 10 - Check List of British Hymenoptera Aculeata" in Archer, Michael (2005) Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society Members' Handbook ISBN 1-870393-79-1 (pp. 113–131)
  • Baldock, David W. (2008) Bees of Surrey ISBN 978-0-9556188-1-9
  • BWARS Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society
  • Falk, Steven - https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/collections/72157631518508520/
  • Falk, S. and Lewington, R., 2019. Field Guide to the Bees of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

External links[]

  • BWARS - Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society
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