SHARP-EATMAN
NATURE
PHOTOGRAPHY
ID GUIDE TO WILD BEES of NEW YORK
Bee Genera
of the families Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae & Melittidae
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
GENUS
Habropoda
TRIBE
APINI
GENUS
Apis
(honey bees)
TRIBE
BOMBINI
(bumblebees)
GENUS
Bombus
TRIBE
EMPHORINI
(chimney bees)
GENUS
Ptilothrix
TRIBE
EUCERINI
(longhorn bees)
GENUS
Eucera
Melissodes
Tetraloniella
Xenoglossa
TRIBE
EPEOLINI
(cuckoo bees)
GENUS
Epeolus
Triepeolus
TRIBE
NOMADINI
(cuckoo bees)
GENUS
Nomada
TRIBE
AMMOBATOIDINI
(cuckoo bees)
GENUS
Holcopasites
TRIBE
CERATININI
GENUS
Ceratina
(small
carpenter bees)
TRIBE
XYLOCOPINI
GENUS
Xylocopa
(large
carpenter bees)
BEE GENERA OF THE FAMILY ANDRENIDAE
of New York State
Fairy bees, miner bees & mining bees
SUBFAMILY
ANDRENINAE
SUBFAMILY
PANURGINAE
TRIBE
ANDRENINI
GENUS
Andrena
(mining bees)
TRIBE
CALLIOPSINI
GENUS
Calliopsis
(miner bees)
TRIBE
PANURGINI
GENUS
Panurginus
(miner bees)
TRIBE
PERDITINI
GENUS
Perdita
(fairy bees)
TRIBE
PROTANDRENINI
GENUS
Protandrena
(miner bees)
BEE GENERA OF THE FAMILY HALICTIDAE
of New York State
Furrow bees, green sweat bees, striped sweat bees
& Sphecodes cuckoo bees
SUBFAMILY
HALICTINAE
SUBFAMILY
ROPHITINAE
TRIBE
AUGOCHLORINI
(green sweat bees)
GENUS
Augochlora
Augochlorella
Augochloropsis
TRIBE
CAENOHALICTINI
(striped green
sweat bees)
GENUS
Agapostemon
TRIBE
HALICTINI
(furrow bees or
dark sweat bees)
GENUS
Halictus
Lasioglossum
TRIBE
SPHECODINI
(cuckoo bees)
GENUS
Sphecodes
TRIBE
ROPHITINI
GENUS
Dufourea
(short-faced bees)
BEE GENERA OF THE FAMILY MEGACHILIDAE
of New York State
carder bees, leafcutters, mason bees, pebble bees, resin bees, leafcutter cuckoo bees & Stelis cuckoo bees
SUBFAMILY
MEGACHILINAE
TTRIBE
ANTHIDIINI
GENUS
Anthidiellum
(rotund resin bees)
GENUS
Anthidium
(wool carder bees)
GENUS
Paranthidium
(burrowing resin bees)
GENUS
Stelis
(cuckoo bees)
TRIBE
MEGACHILINI
GENUS
Coelioxys
(cuckoo leaafcutters)
GENUS
Megachile
(leafcutters)
TRIBE
OSMIINI
GENUS
Heriades
(resin bees)
GENUS
Hoplitis
(resin bees)
GENUS
Osmia
(mason bees)
BEE GENERA OF THE FAMILY MELLITIDAE
of New York State
Blunt-horn & loosestrife bees
SUBFAMILY
MELITTINAE
TRIBE
MACROPINDINI
GENUS
Macropis
(loosestrife bees)
TRIBE
MELITTINI
GENUS
Melitta
(blunt-horn bees)