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Ashy Mining Bee
Andrena cineraria
✨ Mining Bee
Banded Dark Bee
Stelis punctulatissima
✨ Dark Bee
Barbut's cuckoo bee
Bombus barbutellus
✨ Three yellow bands, white tail, visible chitin.
Mostly found in south and central England.
Bilberry bumblebee
Bombus monticola
✨ Two pale yellow bands, HUGE red tail.
Found in upland moors and grasslands.
Blue Mason Bee
Osmia caerulescens
✨ Mason Bee
Broken-belted bumblebee
Bombus soroeensis
✨ Lemon-yellow collar, mid-band with black notch, white tail.
Later flying bee in Scottish Highlands - rare elsewhere.
Bronze Furrow Bee
Halictus tumulorum
✨ End-Banded Furrow Bee
Brown-banded carder bee
Bombus humilis
✨ Small, fluffy, ginger. Dark ginger thorax and brown 'belt'.
Mainly found on the south coasts of England and Wales.
Buffish Mining Bee
Andrena nigroaenea
✨ Mining Bee
Buff-tailed bumblebee
Bombus terrestris
✨ Thick coat, 2 dark yellow stripes.
Early emerging bee found across UK.
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Chocolate Mining Bee
Andrena scotica
✨ Mining Bee
Clarke's Mining Bee
Andrena clarkella
✨ Mining Bee
Common carder bee
Bombus pascuorum
✨ Fluffy, ginger bee - abdomen can look quite dark.
Found across the UK in most habitats - common in gardens.
Common Furrow Bee
Lasioglossum calceatum
✨ Base-banded Furrow Bee
Common Mini-miner
Andrena minutula
✨ Mini-miner
Common Mourning Bee
Melecta albifrons
✨ Mourning Bee
Common Yellow-face Bee
Hylaeus communis
✨ Yellow-face Bee
Davies' Colletes
Colletes daviesanus
✨ Plasterer bee
Early bumblebee
Bombus pratorum
✨ Small with two yellow bands and red tail.
Early emerging bee all across UK - likes gardens and parks.
Fabricius' Nomad Bee
Nomada fabriciana
✨ Nomad Bee
Field Cuckoo Bumblebee
Bombus campestris
✨ Two yellow bands, distinctive yellow tail.
Across England and Wales, localised in Scotland and Ireland.
Flavous Nomad Bee
Nomada flava
✨ Nomad Bee
Forest Cuckoo Bumblebee
Bombus sylvestris
✨ Two yellow bands, white tail with yellow trim or little red tip.
Fork-tailed Flower Bee
Anthophora furcata
✨ Flower Bee
Garden bumblebee
Bombus hortorum
✨ Three 'lemon' stripes, white tail, long face and tongue.
Found in most habitats in UK including brownfield sites.
Geoffroy's Blood Bee
Sphecodes geoffrellus
✨ Blood Bee
Gold-tailed Melitta
Melitta haemorrhoidalis
✨ Blunthorn Bees
Gooden's Nomad Bee
Nomada goodeniana
✨ Nomad Bee
Great Yellow bumblebee
Bombus distinguendus
✨ A big, fluffy yellow bee with black band across thorax.
Only found in far north of Scotland, Orkney and Hebrides.
Grey-patched Mining Bee
Andrena nitida
✨ Mining Bee
Gwynne's Mining Bee
Andrena bicolor
✨ Mining Bee
Gypsy cuckoo bee
Bombus bohemicus
✨ Thick collar, visible chitin, white tail with yellow trim.
Mainly in north and west of UK in upland heaths and moors.
Hairy-footed Flower Bee
Anthophora plumipes
✨ Flower Bee
Heath bumblebee
Bombus jonellus
✨ Small, fluffy bee with three yellow bands and white tail.
More common in north of Scotland and south of England.
Impunctate Mini-miner
Andrena subopaca
✨ Mini-miner bee
Ivy Bee
Colletes hederae
✨ Plasterer bee
Large Scissor Bee
Chelostoma florisomne
✨ Scissor Bee
Large Sharp-tail Bee
Coelioxys conoidea
✨ Sharp-tail Bee
Marsham's Nomad Bee
Nomada marshamella
✨ Nomad Bee
Moss carder bee
Bombus muscorum
✨ Neat, pale-ginger bee with a golden 'halo'.
Mainly in north Scotland and coastal England and Wales.
Orange-legged Furrow Bee
Halictus rubicundus
✨ End-Banded Furrow Bee
Orange-tailed Mining Bee
Andrena haemorrhoa
✨ Mining Bee
Orange-vented Mason Bee
Osmia leaiana
✨ Mason Bee
Pantaloon Bee
Dasypoda hirtipes
✨ Pantaloon Bee
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee
Megachile centuncularis
✨ Leafcutter Bee
Red Mason Bee
Osmia bicornis
✨ Mason Bee
Red-shanked carder bee
Bombus ruderarius
✨ Black with orange-red tail. Look for red leg hairs.
Mostly in south and east England; localised in the Hebrides.
Red-tailed bumblebee
Bombus lapidarius
✨ Velvety black bee with red tail. Males have yellow stripes.
Found across UK - less common in northern Scotland.
Red-tailed cuckoo bee
Bombus rupestris
✨ Big black bee, long body with orange-red tail, dark wings.
Mostly found in central to south England, scarce elsewhere.
Ruderal bumblebee
Bombus ruderatus
✨ A big velvety bee with three neat yellow bands.
Mainly in central to south England. Not found in Scotland.
Shaggy Furrow Bee
Lasioglossum villosulum
✨ Base-banded Furrow Bee
Short-haired bumblebee
Bombus subterraneus
✨ Very short hair with 'bald patch' on thorax.
Extinct in UK, reintroduction seems unsuccessful.
Shrill carder bee
Bombus sylvarum
✨ Pale, straw-coloured bee with wide black thorax band.
Only in key sites in south England and south coast of Wales.
Southern cuckoo bee
Bombus vestalis
✨ One clear yellow band, yellow trim to white tail.
Seen in England and coastal Wales - scarce elsewhere.
Tawny Mining Bee
Andrena fulva
✨ Mining Bee
Tree bumblebee
Bombus hypnorum
✨ Ginger thorax, white tail.
Found in England and Wales and moving north into Scotland.
Violet Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa violacea
✨ Large Carpenter Bee
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
✨ Honey Bee
White-footed Furrow Bee
Lasioglossum leucopus
✨ Base-banded Furrow Bee
White-tailed bumblebee (aggregate)
Bombus lucorum (aggregate)
✨ Two pale-yellow bands, fully white tail, fluffy faces.
Found across UK - but they like gardens and meadows!
Wilke's Mining Bee
Andrena wilkella
✨ Mining Bee
Willughby's Leafcutter Bee
Megachile willughbiella
✨ Leafcutter Bee
Wool Carder Bee
Anthidium manicatum
✨ Wool Carder Bee
Yellow-legged Mining Bee
Andrena flavipes
✨ Mining Bee
Yellow Loosestrife Bee
Macropis europaea
✨ Oil-collecting Bee