Genus Colletes

Colletes

The genus Colletes is a very large group of ground-nesting bees within the bee family Colletidae, with over 450 species worldwide, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere. These bees tend to be solitary, though sometimes nest close together in so-called aggregations...

• Colletes cunicularius
• Colletes daviesanus - Common in England, scarce in Scotland and Ireland
• Colletes floralis
• Colletes fodiens - Widespread on sandy habitats in England, Wales and southern Scotland
• Colletes halophilus
• Colletes hederae
  Colletes hederae
  Colletes hederae, the Ivy Bee, is a species of plasterer bee belonging to the family Colletidae subfamily Colletinae.These mining bees are known from Austria, Belgium, British Isles, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain and...
  
  - Southern, generally coastal distribution
• Colletes marginatus
  Colletes marginatus
  Colletes marginatus is a species of solitary bee of the family Colletidae. The female only gather pollen from flowers of the family Fabaceae, including species like Trifolium arvense, Melilotus albus and Melilotus officinalis....
  
  - Localised to sand dunes on coasts of England and Wales. Inland population in the Brecks.
• Colletes similis - Widespread in southern Britain and Ireland
• Colletes succinctus - Widespread throughout the Britain and Ireland on heathland and moorland

Genus Hylaeus

• Hylaeus annularis - Widespread, locally common
• Hylaeus brevicornis
• Hylaeus communis
• Hylaeus confusus
• Hylaeus cornutus
• Hylaeus gibbus
• Hylaeus hyalinatus
• Hylaeus pectoralis
• Hylaeus pictipes
• Hylaeus punctulatissimus
• Hylaeus signatus
• Hylaeus spilotus

Genus Andrena

Andrena

Andrena is the largest genus in the family Andrenidae, and is nearly worldwide in distribution, with the notable exceptions of Oceania and South America. With over 1,300 species, it is one of the largest of all bee genera...

• Andrena agilissima
  Andrena agilissima
  Andrena agilissima is a species of mining bees belonging to the family Andrenidae subfamily Andreninae.They are present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa. They can be encountered from April through July....
  
  
• Andrena alfkenella
• Andrena angustior
• Andrena apicata
• Andrena argentata
• Andrena barbilabris
• Andrena bicolor
• Andrena bimaculata
• Andrena bucephala
• Andrena chrysosceles
• Andrena cineraria
• Andrena clarkella
• Andrena coitana
• Andrena congruens
• Andrena denticulata
• Andrena dorsata
• Andrena falsifica
• Andrena ferox
• Andrena flavipes
• Andrena florea
• Andrena floricola
• Andrena fucata
• Andrena fulva
• Andrena fulvago
• Andrena fuscipes
• Andrena gravida
• Andrena haemorrhoa
• Andrena hattorfiana
  Andrena hattorfiana
  Andrena hattorfiana is a species of mining bees belonging to the family Andrenidae subfamily Andreninae.They are present in most of Europe and in the Near East. They can be encountered from May through August....
  
  
• Andrena helvola
• Andrena humilis
• Andrena labialis
• Andrena labiata
• Andrena lapponica
• Andrena lathyri
• Andrena lepida
• Andrena marginata
  Andrena marginata
  Andrena marginata is a species of the sand bee genus. It feeds on different nectar-bearing plants of the family Dipsacaceae, like Knautia arvensis and Succisa pratensis. The female builds a nest in the ground and fills the cells with a mixture of nectar and pollen. One egg is placed in each cell...
  
  
• Andrena minutula
• Andrena minutuloides
• Andrena nana
• Andrena nanula
• Andrena nigriceps
• Andrena nigroaenea
• Andrena nigrospina
• Andrena nitida
• Andrena nitidiuscula
• Andrena niveata
• Andrena ovatula
• Andrena pilipes s.s.
• Andrena pilipess.l
• Andrena polita
• Andrena praecox
• Andrena proxima
• Andrena rosae
• Andrena ruficrus
• Andrena scotica
• Andrena semilaevis
• Andrena similis
• Andrena simillima
• Andrena stragulata
• Andrena subopaca
• Andrena synadelpha
• Andrena tarsata
• Andrena thoracica
• Andrena tibialis
• Andrena tridentata
• Andrena trimmerana
• Andrena vaga
• Andrena varians
• Andrena wilkella

Genus Halictus

Halictus

The genus Halictus is a large assemblage of bee species in the family Halictidae. The genus is divided into 15 subgenera, containing well over 300 species, primarily in the Northern Hemisphere...

• Halictus confusus
• Halictus eurygnathus
• Halictus maculatus
• Halictus quadricinctus
• Halictus rubicundus
  Halictus rubicundus
  Halictus rubicundus is a species of sweat bee found throughout the Northern Hemisphere. It is small , dark brown, with fine white bands across the apices of the abdominal segments. The legs are often somewhat reddish...
  
  
• Halictus scabiosae
  Halictus scabiosae
  Halictus scabiosae is a species of Sweat Bees belonging to the family Halictidae subfamily Halictinae.This species is present in most of Europe and in North Africa....
  
  
• Halictus subauratus
• Halictus tumulorum

Genus Lasioglossum

Lasioglossum

The sweat bee genus Lasioglossum is the largest of all bee genera, containing over seventeen hundred species in numerous subgenera worldwide. They are highly variable in size, coloration, and sculpture; among the more unusual variants, some are cleptoparasites, some are nocturnal, and some are...

• Lasioglossum albipes
• Lasioglossum angusticeps
• Lasioglossum brevicorne
• Lasioglossum calceatum
• Lasioglossum cupromicans
• Lasioglossum fratellum
• Lasioglossum fulvicorne
• Lasioglossum laeve
• Lasioglossum laevigatum
• Lasioglossum laticeps
• Lasioglossum lativentre
• Lasioglossum leucopus
• Lasioglossum leucozonium
• Lasioglossum limbellum
• Lasioglossum malachurum
• Lasioglossum minutissimum
• Lasioglossum morio
• Lasioglossum nitidiusculum
• Lasioglossum parvulum
• Lasioglossum pauperatum
• Lasioglossum pauxillum
• Lasioglossum prasinum
• Lasioglossum punctatissimum
• Lasioglossum puncticolle
• Lasioglossum quadrinotatum
• Lasioglossum rufitarse
• Lasioglossum semilucens
• Lasioglossum sexnotatum
• Lasioglossum smeathmanellum
• Lasioglossum villosulum
• Lasioglossum xanthopus
• Lasioglossum zonulum

Genus Sphecodes

• Sphecodes crassus
• Sphecodes ephippius
• Sphecodes ferruginatus
• Sphecodes geoffrellus
• Sphecodes gibbus
• Sphecodes hyalinatus
• Sphecodes longulus
• Sphecodes marginatus
• Sphecodes miniatus
• Sphecodes monilicornis
• Sphecodes niger
• Sphecodes pellucidus
• Sphecodes puncticeps
• Sphecodes reticulatus
• Sphecodes rubicundus
• Sphecodes scabricollis
• Sphecodes spinulosus

Genus Melitta

Melitta

Melitta is a Germany-based company selling coffee, paper coffee filters, and coffee makers, part of the Melitta Group, which also has Melitta branches in other countries world-wide...

• Melitta dimidiata
• Melitta haemorrhoidalis
• Melitta leporina
• Melitta tricincta

Genus Anthidium

Anthidium

Anthidium is a genus of bees often called mason or potter bees, who use conifer resin, plant hairs, mud, or a mix of them to build nests. They are in the family Megachilidae which is cosmopolitan in distribution and made up of species that are mostly solitary bees with pollen-carrying scopea that...

• Stelis breviuscula
• Stelis ornatula
• Stelis phaeoptera
• Stelis punctulatissima

Genus Osmia

• Osmia aurulenta
• Osmia bicolor
  Osmia bicolor
  Osmia bicolor is a species of bee in the genus Osmia. It is outstanding amongst other osmiine bees in that it nests in empty snail shells....
  
  
• Osmia caerulescens
• Osmia inermis
• Osmia leaiana
• Osmia niveata
• Osmia parietina
• Osmia pilicornis
• Osmia rufa
  Osmia rufa
  Osmia rufa is a species of solitary bee, also known as the red mason bee due to its habit of using mud to build small cavities within its nest....
  
  
• Osmia uncinata
• Osmia xanthomelana

Genus Hoplitis

• Hoplitis claviventris
• Hoplitis leucomelana
• Hoplitis spinulosa

Genus Megachile

Megachile

The genus Megachile is a cosmopolitan group of solitary bees, often called leafcutter bees. While other genera within the family Megachilidae may chew leaves or petals into fragments to build their nests, certain species within Megachile neatly cut pieces of leaves or petals, hence their common name...

• Megachile centuncularis
• Megachile circumcincta
• Megachile dorsalis
• Megachile lapponica
• Megachile ligniseca
• Megachile maritima
• Megachile versicolor
• Megachile willughbiella

Genus Coelioxys

• Coelioxys afra
• Coelioxys brevis
• Coelioxys conoidea
• Coelioxys elongata
• Coelioxys inermis
• Coelioxys mandibularis
• Coelioxys quadridentata
• Coelioxys rufescens

Genus Nomada

Nomada

With over 850 species, the genus Nomada is one of the largest genera in the entire family Apidae, and the largest genus of cleptoparasitic "cuckoo bees." They occur worldwide, and utilize many different types of bees as hosts, primarily the genus Andrena...

• Nomada argentata
• Nomada armata Scabious Cuckoo Bee
• Nomada baccata
• Nomada castellana
• Nomada conjungens
• Nomada errans
• Nomada fabriciana
• Nomada ferruginata
• Nomada flava
• Nomada flavoguttata
• Nomada flavopicta
• Nomada fucata
• Nomada fulvicornis
• Nomada fuscicornis
• Nomada goodeniana
• Nomada guttulata
• Nomada hirtipes
• Nomada integra
• Nomada lathburiana
• Nomada leucophthalma
• Nomada marshamella
• Nomada obtusifrons
• Nomada panzeri
• Nomada roberjeotiana
• Nomada ruficornis
• Nomada rufipes
• Nomada sexfasciata
• Nomada sheppardana
• Nomada signata
• Nomada similis
• Nomada striata
• Nomada succincta
  Nomada succincta
  Nomada succincta is a species of bee in the genus Nomada...
  
  

Genus Eucera (long-horned bees)

• Eucera longicornis
• Eucera nigrescens

Genus Anthophora

Anthophora

The bee genus Anthophora is one of the largest in the family Apidae, with over 450 species worldwide in 14 different subgenera. They are most abundant and diverse in the Holarctic and African biogeographic regions. All species are solitary, though many nest in large aggregations...

(flower bees)

• Anthophora bimaculata
• Anthophora furcata
• Anthophora plumipes
  Anthophora plumipes
  Anthophora plumipes is a species of bees belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae tribus Anthophorini.They are present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa....
  
  
• Anthophora quadrimaculata
• Anthophora retusa

Subgenus Bombus

• Bombus cryptarum
  Bombus cryptarum
  Bombus cryptarum is a species of bumblebee. It has been recently discovered in Ireland ....
  
  
• Bombus lucorum
  Bombus lucorum
  Bombus lucorum, the white-tailed bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee. The species is widespread throughout the UK. They are also located in south Alaska to Southern British Columbia, Alberta, east through Yukon and Northwest Territories. Identifiable by its pale yellow collar and second abdominal...
  
  - white-tailed bumblebee
• Bombus terrestris
  Bombus terrestris
  Bombus terrestris, the buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee is one of the most numerous bumblebee species in Europe. The queen is 2–2.7 cm long, while the workers are 1½–2 cm...
  
  - buff-tailed bumblebee
• Bombus magnus - northern white-tailed bumblebee

Subgenus Cullumanobombus

• Bombus cullumanus - Cullum's bumblebee (extinct)

Subgenus Megabombus

• Bombus hortorum
  Bombus hortorum
  Bombus hortorum is a species of bumblebee. It bears the common name Garden bumblebee. It is found in Eurasia and Australia....
  
  - garden bumblebee
• Bombus ruderatus - large garden bumblebee

Subgenus Psithyrus

• Bombus barbutellus
  Bombus barbutellus
  Bombus barbutellus, or Barbut's Cuckoo-bee is a species of cuckoo bumblebee...
  
  - Barbut's cuckoo-bee
• Bombus bohemicus
  Bombus bohemicus
  Bombus bohemicus is a species of cuckoo bumblebee....
  
  - gypsy cuckoo-bee
• Bombus campestris
  Bombus campestris
  Bombus campestris is a species of cuckoo bumblebee....
  
  - field cuckoo-bee
• Bombus rupestris
  Bombus rupestris
  Bombus rupestris is a species of cuckoo bumblebee.-Distribution:The bumblebee is present in most of Europe except Iceland and the Balkans. It is also found in Turkey.-Description:...
  
  - hill cuckoo-bee
• Bombus sylvestris
  Bombus sylvestris
  Bombus sylvestris is a species of cuckoo bumblebee....
  
  - four-coloured cuckoo-bee
• Bombus vestalis
  Bombus vestalis
  Bombus vestalis is a species of cuckoo bumblebee.Bombus vestalis usual host is Bombus terrestris . It is similar in appearance to another cuckoo bumblebee: Bombus bohemicus but is distinguishable by either looking at the length of the antennal segments or dissection and comparison of the...
  
  - vestal cuckoo-bee

Subgenus Pyrobombus

• Bombus hypnorum
  Bombus hypnorum
  Bombus hypnorum, the tree bumblebee or new garden bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee. It is one of the most common bumblebee species in north and eastern Europe, but it's less common past 70 degrees north. Its distribution ranges over most of Europe and parts of Eastern Asia, although less common...
  
  - tree bumblebee
• Bombus jonellus
  Bombus jonellus
  Bombus jonellus is a species of bumblebee. It bears the common name heath humble-bee or small heath bumblebee. It is found in Eurasia and North America.The sub-species var. hebridensis is endemic to the Hebridean islands of Scotland....
  
  - heath bumblebee
• Bombus monticola
  Bombus monticola
  Bombus monticola is a species of bumblebee. It bears the common names bilberry bumblebee and mountain bumblebee. It is found in Eurasia....
  
  - mountain bumblebee
• Bombus pratorum - early bumblebee
  Early Bumblebee
  The early bumblebee, Bombus pratorum, is a black bumblebee, with a yellow band around the front of the thorax and red colouration on abdominal segments 4 to 6...
  
  

Subgenus Subterraneobombus

• Bombus distinguendus
  Bombus distinguendus
  Bombus distinguendus is a species of bumblebee. It bears the common name great yellow bumblebee. It is found in Eurasia and North America.Endangered species in Ireland...
  
  - great yellow bumblebee
• Bombus subterraneus
  Bombus subterraneus
  The short-haired bumblebee or short-haired humble-bee, Bombus subterraneus, is a species of bumblebee found in Eurasia, Southern Asia and Australia, as well as in New Zealand, where it is an introduced species....
  
  - short-haired bumblebee (extinct)

Subgenus Thoracombus

• Bombus humilis - brown-banded carder bee
  Brown-banded carder bee
  The brown-banded carder bee, Bombus humilis, is a bumblebee found in most of Europe west of Russia, with the exception of Ireland and Iceland. It is also found in Turkey, on the Tibetan plateau and in northern China....
  
  
• Bombus muscorum - moss carder bee
• Bombus pascuorum
  Bombus pascuorum
  Bombus pascuorum, the Common Carder-bee, is a species of bumblebee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae tribus Bombini.They are present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, road, field margins, as well as...
  
  - common carder bee
• Bombus ruderarius - red-shanked carder bee
• Bombus sylvarum
  Bombus sylvarum
  Bombus sylvarum is a species of bumblebee. It has a wide distribution across Europe, east to the Ural Mountains and north to Great Britain, Ireland and southern Scandinavia....
  
  - shrill carder bee