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Card features

To help bee identification

Basic Information

Common name: Card features
Scientific name: To help bee identification

Spotlight 1: what to look for.

Spotlight 2: location or habitat information.

Classification

Bee TypeSolitary

Keynotes

Keynotes:

  • Additional information to support identification and general notes about the bee

Nest Information

  • Brief outline of nesting habits

  • Bees are described as ground (surface or underground), aerial (higher spaces) cavity nesters (wall gaps, hollow tubes)

Distribution

  • Where bees have been recorded

  • Indication of favoured habitats

  • However, bees turn up in unexpected places

Castes

QUEEN

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  1. Head description

  2. Thorax bands or colour

  3. Abdomen bands

  4. Tail colour

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WORKER

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  • * = more information about the body pattern and variations are noted in the 'Keynotes' box below

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MALE

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  • The month written under each caste box indicates when that bee is often first seen

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Flower Preferences

Tongue length: influences types of flowers bees visit.

Flowers visited

  • Liked flowers are listed

  • Some favourite flowers are pictured

  • This helps identification as bees have flower preferences and some are associated with specific flowers

  • It also gives information should you want to plant for bees!