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BEE  GENERA  OF  THE  FAMILY  APIDAE

of New York State

Bumblebees, carpenter bees, chimney bees, digger and oil-digger bees, honey bees & their kin, and cuckoo bees

SUBFAMILY
ANTHOPHORINAE

SUBFAMILY
APINAE

SUBFAMILY
EUCERINAE

SUBFAMILY
NOMADINAE

SUBFAMILY
XYLOCOPINAE

TRIBE

ANTHOPHORINI

(digger bees)

GENUS

Anthophora

TRIBE

APINI

(honey bees)

​GENUS

Apis

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TRIBE

BOMBINI

(bumblebees)

GENUS

Bombus

TRIBE

EUCERINI

(longhorn bees)

GENUS

Eucera

Melissodes​​

Tetraloniella

Xenoglossa 

TRIBE

EPEOLINI

(cuckoo bees)

GENUS

Epeolus

Triepeolus

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TRIBE

NOMADINI

(cuckoo bees)

GENUS

Nomada

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TRIBE

AMMOBATOIDINI

(cuckoo bees)

GENUS

Holcopasites

TRIBE

CERATININI

(small

carpenter bees)

GENUS

Ceratina

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TRIBE

XYLOCOPINI

(large

carpenter bees)

GENUS

Xylocopa

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Last updated Nov. 1, 2026

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