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This article contains a list of bees of Great Britain . The following species are all within the
superfamily
Apoidea .
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
Hylaeus annularis , 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
Hylaeus cornutus , spined hylaeus bee
Hylaeus dilatatus , chalk yellow-face bee
Hylaeus hyalinatus , hairy yellow-face bee
Hylaeus incongruus , white-lipped yellow-face bee; syn. Hylaeus gibbus
Hylaeus pectoralis , reed yellow-face bee
Hylaeus pictipes , little yellow-face bee
Hylaeus punctulatissimus , onion yellow-face bee
Hylaeus signatus , large yellow-face bee
Genus
Andrena : mining bees
Andrena agilissima , violet-winged mining bee
Andrena angustior , groove-faced mining bee
Andrena apicata , large sallow mining bee
Andrena argentata , small sandpit mining bee
Andrena barbilabris , sandpit mining bee
Andrena bicolor , Gwynne's mining bee
Andrena bimaculata , large gorse mining bee
Andrena bucephala , large-headed mining bee
Andrena chrysosceles , hawthorn mining bee
Andrena cineraria , ashy mining bee
Andrena clarkella , Clarke's mining bee
Andrena coitana , small-flecked mining bee
Andrena congruens , long-fringed mining bee
Andrena denticulata , grey-banded mining bee
Andrena dorsata , short-fringed mining bee
Andrena ferox , oak mining bee
Andrena flavipes , yellow-legged mining bee
Andrena florea , bryony mining bee
Andrena fucata , painted mining bee
Andrena fulva , tawny mining bee
Andrena fulvago , hawksbeard mining bee
Andrena fuscipes , heather mining bee
Andrena gravida , white-bellied mining bee
Andrena haemorrhoa , orange-tailed mining bee
Andrena hattorfiana , large scabious mining bee
Andrena helvola , coppice mining bee
Andrena humilis , catsear mining bee
Andrena labialis , large meadow mining bee
Andrena labiata , red-girdled mining bee
Andrena lapponica , bilberry mining bee
Andrena lathyri , Burbage mining bee
Andrena lepida , Aldworth mining bee
Andrena marginata , small scabious mining bee
Andrena nigriceps , black-headed mining bee
Andrena nigroaenea , buffish mining bee
Andrena nigrospina , scarce black mining bee
Andrena nitida , grey-patched mining bee
Andrena nitidiuscula , carrot mining bee
Andrena ovatula , small gorse mining bee
Andrena pilipes , black mining bee
Andrena polita , Maidstone mining bee
Andrena praecox , small sallow mining bee
Andrena proxima , broad-faced mining bee
Andrena rosae , Perkins' mining bee
Andrena ruficrus , northern mining bee
Andrena scotica , chocolate mining bee
Andrena similis , red-backed mining bee
Andrena simillima , buff-banded mining bee
Andrena synadelpha , broad-margined mining bee
Andrena tarsata , tormentil mining bee
Andrena thoracica , cliff mining bee
Andrena tibialis , grey-gastered mining bee
Andrena tridentata , pale-tailed mining bee
Andrena trimmerana , Trimmer's mining bee
Andrena vaga , Grey-backed mining bee
Andrena varians , blackthorn mining bee
Andrena wilkella , Wilke's mining bee
Subgenus Micrandrena : mini-miners
Andrena alfkenella , Alfken's miniature mining bee
Andrena falsifica , thick-margined miniature mining bee
Andrena floricola , Chilterns miniature mining bee
Andrena minutula , common miniature mining bee
Andrena minutuloides , plain miniature mining bee
Andrena nana , Barham miniature mining bee
Andrena nanula , red-horned miniature mining bee
Andrena niveata , long-fringed miniature mining bee
Andrena semilaevis , shiny-margined miniature mining bee
Andrena subopaca , impunctate miniature mining bee
Genus
Panurgus : shaggy bees
Genus
Halictus : end-banded furrow bees
Genus
Lasioglossum : base-banded furrow bees
Lasioglossum albipes , bloomed furrow bee
Lasioglossum angusticeps , cliff furrow bee
Lasioglossum brevicorne , short-horned furrow bee
Lasioglossum calceatum , common furrow bee
Lasioglossum cupromicans , turquoise furrow bee
Lasioglossum fratellum , smooth-faced furrow bee
Lasioglossum fulvicorne , lime-loving furrow bee
Lasioglossum laeve , shiny-gastered furrow bee
Lasioglossum laevigatum , black-mouthed furrow bee
Lasioglossum laticeps , broad-faced furrow bee
Lasioglossum lativentre , furry-claspered furrow bee
Lasioglossum leucopus , white-footed green furrow bee
Lasioglossum leucozonium , white-zoned furrow bee
Lasioglossum limbellum , ridge-gastered furrow bee
Lasioglossum malachurum , sharp-collared furrow bee
Lasioglossum minutissimum , least furrow bee
Lasioglossum morio , common green furrow bee
Lasioglossum nitidiusculum , tufted furrow bee
Lasioglossum parvulum , smooth-gastered furrow bee
Lasioglossum pauperatum , squat furrow bee
Lasioglossum pauxillum , lobe-spurred furrow bee
Lasioglossum prasinum , grey-tailed furrow bee
Lasioglossum punctatissimum , long-faced furrow bee
Lasioglossum puncticolle , ridge-cheeked furrow bee
Lasioglossum quadrinotatum , four-spotted furrow bee
Lasioglossum rufitarse , rufous-footed furrow bee
Lasioglossum semilucens , small shiny furrow bee
Lasioglossum sexnotatum , ashy furrow bee
Lasioglossum smeathmanellum , Smeathman's furrow bee
Lasioglossum villosulum , orange-footed furrow bee
Lasioglossum xanthopus , shaggy furrow bee
Lasioglossum zonulus , bull-headed furrow bee
Sphecodes albilabris , giant blood bee
Sphecodes crassus , swollen-thighed blood bee
Sphecodes ephippius , bare-saddled blood bee
Sphecodes ferruginatus , dull-headed blood bee
Sphecodes geoffrellus , Geoffroy's blood bee
Sphecodes gibbus , dark-winged blood bee
Sphecodes hyalinatus , furry-bellied blood bee
Sphecodes longulus , little sickle-jawed blood bee
Sphecodes marginatus , margined blood bee
Sphecodes miniatus , false-margined blood bee
Sphecodes monilicornis , box-headed blood bee
Sphecodes niger , dark blood bee
Sphecodes pellucidus , sandpit blood bee
Sphecodes puncticeps , sickle-jawed blood bee
Sphecodes reticulatus , reticulate blood bee
Sphecodes rubicundus , red-tailed blood bee
Sphecodes scabricollis , rough-backed blood bee
Sphecodes spinulosus , spined blood bee
Genus
Dufourea : short-faced bees
Genus
Rophites : bristle-headed bees
Genus
Dasypoda : pantaloon bees
Genus
Melitta : blunthorn bees
Genus
Macropis : loosestrife bees
Genus
Anthidium : wool carder bees
Genus
Stelis : dark bees
Genus
Heriades : resin bees
Genus
Osmia : mason bees
Osmia aurulenta , gold-fringed mason bee
Osmia bicolor , two-coloured mason bee
Osmia caerulescens , blue mason bee
Osmia inermis , mountain mason bee
Osmia leaiana , orange-vented mason bee
Osmia niveata , Jersey mason bee
Osmia parietina , wall mason bee
Osmia pilicornis , fringe-horned mason bee
Osmia bicornis , red mason bee
Osmia uncinata , pinewood mason bee
Osmia xanthomelana , large mason bee
Genus
Hoplitis : lesser mason bees
Genus
Megachile : leaf-cutter bees
Genus
Coelioxys : sharp-tailed bees
Genus
Nomada : nomad bees
Nomada alboguttata , large bear-clawed nomad bee
Nomada argentata , silver-sided nomad bee
Nomada armata , armed nomad bee
Nomada baccata , bear-clawed nomad bee
Nomada bifasciata , dusky-horned nomad bee
Nomada castellana , Castell's nomad bee
Nomada conjungens , fringeless nomad bee
Nomada errans , Purbeck nomad bee
Nomada fabriciana , Fabricus' nomad bee
Nomada ferruginata , yellow-shouldered nomad bee
Nomada flava , flavous yellow nomad bee
Nomada flavoguttata , small nomad bee
Nomada flavopicta , blunthorn nomad bee
Nomada fucata , painted nomad bee
Nomada fulvicornis , orange-horned nomad bee
Nomada fuscicornis , small Guernsey nomad bee
Nomada glabella , bilberry nomad bee
Nomada goodeniana , Gooden's nomad bee
Nomada guttulata , short-spined nomad bee
Nomada hirtipes , long-horned nomad bee
Nomada integra , catsear nomad bee
Nomada lathburiana , lathbury's nomad bee
Nomada leucophthalma , early nomad bee
Nomada marshamella , Marsham's nomad bee
Nomada obtusifrons , flat-ridged nomad bee
Nomada panzeri , Panzer's nomad bee
Nomada roberjeotiana , tormentil nomad bee
Nomada ruficornis , fork-jawed nomad bee
Nomada rufipes , black-horned nomad bee
Nomada sexfasciata , six-banded nomad bee
Nomada sheppardana , Sheppard's nomad bee
Nomada signata , broad-banded nomad bee
Nomada similis , Guernsey nomad bee
Nomada striata , blunt-jawed nomad bee
Nomada subcornuta , Kirby's nomad bee
Nomada succincta , yellow-legged nomad bee
Nomada zonata , variable nomad bee
Genus
Epeolus : cuckoo mining bees
Genus
Eucera : long-horned bees
Genus
Melecta : mourning bees
Genus
Ceratina : small carpenter bees
Genus
Xylocopa : large carpenter bees
Genus
Bombus : bumblebees
Subgenus Bombus : white-tailed bumblebees
Subgenus Kallobombus : 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
References
External links
BWARS - Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society
Invertebrates
Vertebrates See also