List of bees of Great Britain explained
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
- Panurgus banksianus, large shaggy bee
- Panurgus calcaratus, small shaggy bee
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
- Dufourea halictula, sheep's bit short-faced bee
- Dufourea minuta, shiny short-faced bee
Genus Rophites: bristle-headed bees
- Rophites quinquespinosus, five-spined bee
Genus Dasypoda: pantaloon bees
Genus Melitta: blunthorn bees
- Melitta dimidiata, sainfoin blunthorn bee
- Melitta haemorrhoidalis, bellflower blunthorn bee
- Melitta leporina, clover blunthorn bee
- Melitta tricincta, red bartsia blunthorn bee
Genus Macropis: loosestrife bees
Genus Anthidium: wool carder bees
Genus Stelis: dark bees
- Stelis breviuscula, little dark bee
- Stelis ornatula, spotted dark bee
- Stelis phaeoptera, plain dark bee
- Stelis punctulatissima, banded dark bee
Genus Heriades: resin bees
- Heriades truncorum, ridge-saddled carpenter bee
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
- Hoplitis claviventris, welted lesser mason bee
- Hoplitis leucomelana, black and white lesser mason bee
- Hoplitis spinulosa, spined mason bee syn. Osmia spinulosa
Genus Megachile: leaf-cutter bees
Genus Coelioxys: sharp-tailed bees
- Coelioxys afra, short sharp-tailed bee
- Coelioxys brevis, narrow-bodied sharp-tailed bee
- Coelioxys conoidea, large sharp-tailed bee
- Coelioxys elongata, dull-vented sharp-tailed bee
- Coelioxys inermis, shiny-vented sharp-tailed bee
- Coelioxys mandibularis, small leaf-cutter cuckoo bee
- Coelioxys quadridentata, four-toothed sharp-tailed bee
- Coelioxys rufescens, rufescent sharp-tailed bee
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
- Epeolus cruciger, red thighed cuckoo mining bee
- Epeolus variegatus, variegated cuckoo mining bee
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
- Else, George "Section 10 - Check List of British Hymenoptera Aculeata" in Archer, Michael (2005) Bees, Wasps and Ants Recording Society Members' Handbook (pp. 113–131)
- Baldock, David W. (2008) Bees of Surrey
- 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
Notes and References
- News: Bee thought to be extinct found in East Sussex. 11 October 2011. The Guardian. 11 October 2011.
