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Guide to Wild Bees / New York
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LARGE BEES
(larger than 1/2 inch)
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)
MEDIUM-SIZED BEES
(1/3 to 1/2 inch)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Ironweed longhorn bee (Melissodes denticulatus) (female)
Ironweed longhorn bee (Melissodes denticulatus) (male)
Pickerelweed longhorn bee (Melissodes apiatus) (female)
Pickerelweed longhorn bee (Melissodes apicatus) (male)
Dark-veined Long-horned Bee (Melissodes trinodis)
Melissodes subillatus longhorn bee (Melissodes subilllatus) (male)
Agile longhorn bee (Melissodes agilis) (male)
Thistle Long-horned Bee (Melissodes desponsus)
Hoary squash bee (Xenoglossa pruinosa)
Hoary squash bee (Xenoglossa pruinosa) (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)
Hairy-banded mining bee (Andrena hirticincta)
Bradley's mining bee (Andrena bradleyi)
Forbes mining bee (Andrena forbesii)
Confederate mining bee (Andrena confederata)
Hawthorne mining bee (Andrena crataegi)
Say's leafcutter (Coelioxys sayi)
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)
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)
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)
IRIDESCENT & GREEN BEES
(1/4 to 1/2 inch)
Pure green sweat bee (Augochlora pura (female)
Pure green sweat bee (Augochlora pura (female)
Northeastern sweat bee (Augochloropsis viridula) (male)
Golden-green sweat bee (Augochlorella aurata) (female)
Golden-green sweat bee (Augochlorella aurata) (male)
Golden-green sweat bee (Augochlorella aurata) (female)
Bi-colored agapostemon (Agapostemon virescens) (female)
Bi-colored agapostemon (Agapostemon virescens) (male)
Silky Agapostemon (Agapostemon sericeus) (female)
Silky agapostemon (Agapostemon sericeus) (female)
SMALL BEES
(smaller than 1/3 inch)
Louisiana stelis cuckoo bee (Stelis louisiae)
Neighborly nomad bee (Nomada vicina)
Beautiful nomad bee (Nomada bella)
Yellow nomad bee (Nomada luteoloides)
Spotted nomad bee (Nomada maculata)
Articulated nomad bee (Nomada articulata)
Slender nomad bee (Nomada gracilis)
Buttercup sphecodes cuckoo bee (Sphecodes ranunculi)
Mandibular sphecodes cuckoo bee (Sphecodes mandibularis)
Johnson's sphecodes (Sphecodes jonhsoni)
Hercules sphecodes (Sphecodes heraclei heraclei)
Nimble small carpenter bee (Ceratina struenua)
Spurred small carpenter bee (Ceratina calcarata)
Dwarf mason bee (Osmia pumila)
Georgia mason bee (Osmia georgica)
Mock orange chelostoma (Chelostoma philadelphi)
Ridged armored-rein bee (Heriades carinata)
Hoplitis mason bee (Hoplitis Alcidamea senu stricta)
Bellflower Resin Bee (Megachile campanulae)
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee (Megachile rotundata)
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)