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Guide to Wild Bees / New York
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LARGE BEES
(larger than 1/2 inch / 13 mm)
Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)
Brown-Belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)
Yellow Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus)
Perplexing Bumble Bee (Bombus perplexus)
Yellow Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus)
Two-spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus)(female)
Two-spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus) (male)
Half-black Bumble Bee (Bombus vagans)
Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
Giant Resin Bee (Megachile scullpturalis)
IRIDESCENT & GREEN BEES
(less than 1/2 inch / 12 mm)
Pure green sweat bee (Augochlora pura (female)
Pure green sweat bee (Augochlora pura (female)
Northeastern sweat bee (Augochloropsis viridula) (female)
Golden-green sweat bee (Augochlorella aurata) (female)
Northeastern sweat bee (Augochloropsis viridula) (male)
Golden-green sweat bee (Augochlorella aurata) (male)
Bi-colored agapostemon (Agapostemon virescens) (female)
Bi-colored agapostemon (Agapostemon virescens) (male)
Silky Agapostemon (Agapostemon sericeus) (female)
Silky agapostemon (Agapostemon sericeus) (female)
pure green sweat bee (Augochlora pura) (female) with coppery iridescence
Augochlorella aurata, with coppery pink iridescence (female)
Small carpenter bee with dark green iridescence (Ceratina)
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) metallic sweat bee
MEDIUM-SIZED BEES
Furry-looking, with or without stripes
(2/5 to 1/2 in. / 9-12 mm)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Hairy-banded mining bee (Andrena hirticincta) (male)
Hairy-banded mining bee (Andrena hirticincta) (female)
Hoary squash bee (Xenoglossa pruinosa)
Hoary squash bee (Xenoglossa pruinosa) (male)
Ironweed longhorn bee (Melissodes denticulatus) (female)
Ironweed longhorn bee (Melissodes denticulatus) (male)
Pickerelweed longhorn bee (Melissodes apiatus)
Dark-veined Long-horned Bee (Melissodes trinodis)
Agile longhorn bee (Melissodes agilis) (male)
Thistle Long-horned Bee (Melissodes desponsus)
Two-spotted longhorn bee (Melissodes bimaculatus) (male)
Unequal Cellophane Bee (Colletes inaequalis)
Broad-footed Cellophane Bee (Colletes latitarsis)
Compact Cellophane Bee (Colletes compactus)
Armed Cellophane Bee (Colletes simulans armatus)
Wilke's mining bee (Andreni wilkella)
Alleghany mining bee (Andrena alleghaniensis)
Thoracic Cellophane Bee (male) (Colletes thoracicus)
Long-lipped Mining Bee (Andrena barbilabris)
Milwaukee mining bee (Andrena milwaukeensis)
Dunning's mining bee (Andrena Dunningi)
Plum andrena (Andrena pruni)
Neighborly minin bee (Andrena vicina)
Carlin's Mining Bee (Andrena carlini)
Bradley's mining bee (Andrena bradleyi)
Forbes mining bee (Andrena forbesii)
Confederate mining bee (Andrena confederata)
Hawthorne mining bee (Andrena crataegi)
Bull mason bee (Osmia taurus)
Hornface mason bee (Osmia cornifrons)
Bufflehead mason bee (Osmia bucephala)
Abrupt digger bee (Anthophora abrupta) (male)
Red-tailed wood-digger bee (Anthophora terminalis) (male)
Pugnacious leafcutter (Megachile pugnata)
Hostile Leafcutter Bee (Megachile inimica)
Small-handed Leafcutter Bee (Megachile gemula)
Flat-tailed leafcutter (Megachile mendica)
Texas leafcutter (Megachile texana)
Addenda Leafcutter Bee (Megachile addenda)
Silver-tailed petal cutter (Megachile montivaga)
Alfalfa leafcutter bee (Megachile rotundata)
Frugal Leafcutter Bee (Megachile frugalis)
Relative leafcutter bee (Megachile relativa)
Flat-tailed leafcutter
WASPLIKE BEES
with yellow or red markings, or relatively hairless
less than 1/2 inch/ 12 mm)
Neighborly nomad bee (Nomada vicina)
Spotted nomad bee (Nomada maculata)
Slender nomad bee (Nomada gracilis)
Articulated nomad bee (Nomada articulata)
Yellow nomad bee (Nomada luteoloides)
Beautiful nomad bee (Nomada bella)
Oblong woolcarder bee (Anthidium oblongatum)
European woolcarder bee (Anthidium manicatum)
Squash longhorn cuckcoo bee (Triepeolus remigatus)
Two-banded epeolus cuckoo bee (Epeolus bifasciatus)
Louisiana painted-dark bee (Stelis louisae)
Porter's cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys porterae)
Modest cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys modestus)
Immaculate cuckoo leafcutter ((Coelioxys immaculatus)
Say's cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys sayi)
Eight-toothed cuckoo leafcutter (Coelioxys octodentatus)
Buttercup Sphecodes (Sphecodes rununculi)
Mandibular sphecodes cuckoo bee (mandibular sphecodes)
Johnson's Sphecodes cuckoo bee (Sphecodes johnsoni)
SMALL BEES
(smaller than 2/5 inch / 8 mm )
Spurred small carpenter bee (Ceratina calcarata)
Nimble small carpenter bee (Ceratina struenua)
Dwarf mason bee (Osmia pumila)
Georgia mason bee (Osmia georgica)
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee (Megachile rotundata)
Mock orange chelostoma (Chelostoma philadelphi)
Hercules sphecodes (Sphecodes heraclei heraclei)
Ridged armored-rein bee (Heriades carinata)
Hoplitis mason bee (Hoplitis Alcidamea senu stricta)
Bellflower Resin Bee (Megachile campanulae)
Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus) (female)
Ligated Furrow Bee (Halictus ligatus) (male)
Orange-legged Furrow Bee (Halictus rubicundus)
Confusing furrrow bee (Halictus confusus)
Hairy Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum pilosum)
Metallic sweat bee [Lasioglossum (Dialictus)]
Experienced sweat bee (Lasioglossum versatum)
Quebec sweat bee (Lasioglossum quebecense)
Striped Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum)
Evening primrose sweat bee (Lasioglossum oenothera)
Leathery sweat bee (Lasioglossum coriaceum)
Leathery sweat bee (Lasioglossum coriaceum)
Lasioglossum (Evylaeus)Sweat Bee
Cloudy-winged mining bee (Andrena nubecula)
Placid or Simple mining bee (Andrena placida /simplex)
Nason's mining bee (Andrena nasonii)
Cresson's mining bee (Andrena cressoni)
Miserable mining bee (Andrena vicina)
Spring Beauty Mining Bee (Andrena erigeniae)
Eastern miner bee (Calliopsis andreniformis) (male)
Eastern miner bee (Calliopsis andreniformis) (female)