List of bees of Great Britain

This article contains a list of bees of Great Britain. The following species are all within the superfamily Apoidea.

Genus Colletes: plasterer bees

 * Colletes cunicularius, vernal colletes bee or spring mining-bee
 * Colletes daviesanus, Davies' colletes bee; Common in England, scarce in Scotland and Ireland
 * Colletes floralis, northern colletes bee
 * Colletes fodiens, hairy-saddled colletes bee; Widespread on sandy habitats in England, Wales and southern Scotland
 * Colletes halophilus, sea aster bee
 * Colletes hederae, ivy bee; Southern, generally coastal distribution
 * Colletes marginatus, little colletes bee; Localised to sand dunes on coasts of England and Wales. Inland population in the Brecks.
 * Colletes similis, common plasterer bee; Widespread in southern Britain and Ireland
 * Colletes succinctus, heather colletes bee; Widespread throughout the Britain and Ireland on heathland and moorland

Genus Hylaeus: yellow-face bees

 * Hylaeus annularis, shingle yellow-face bee; Widespread, locally common syn. Hylaeus spilotus
 * Hylaeus brevicornis, short-horned yellow-face bee
 * Hylaeus communis, common yellow-face bee
 * Hylaeus confusus, white-jawed yellow-face bee
 * Hylaeus cornutus, spined hylaeus bee
 * Hylaeus dilatatus, chalk yellow-face bee
 * Hylaeus hyalinatus, hairy yellow-face bee
 * Hylaeus incongruus, white-lipped yellow-face bee; syn. Hylaeus gibbus
 * Hylaeus pectoralis, reed yellow-face bee
 * Hylaeus pictipes, little yellow-face bee
 * Hylaeus punctulatissimus, onion yellow-face bee
 * Hylaeus signatus, large yellow-face bee

Genus Andrena: mining bees

 * Andrena agilissima, violet-winged mining bee
 * Andrena angustior, groove-faced mining bee
 * Andrena apicata, large sallow mining bee
 * Andrena argentata, small sandpit mining bee
 * Andrena barbilabris, sandpit mining bee
 * Andrena bicolor, Gwynne's mining bee
 * Andrena bimaculata, large gorse mining bee
 * Andrena bucephala, large-headed mining bee
 * Andrena chrysosceles, hawthorn mining bee
 * Andrena cineraria, ashy mining bee
 * Andrena clarkella, Clarke's mining bee
 * Andrena coitana, small-flecked mining bee
 * Andrena congruens, long-fringed mining bee
 * Andrena denticulata, grey-banded mining bee
 * Andrena dorsata, short-fringed mining bee
 * Andrena ferox, oak mining bee
 * Andrena flavipes, yellow-legged mining bee
 * Andrena florea, bryony mining bee
 * Andrena fucata, painted mining bee
 * Andrena fulva, tawny mining bee
 * Andrena fulvago, hawksbeard mining bee
 * Andrena fuscipes, heather mining bee
 * Andrena gravida, white-bellied mining bee
 * Andrena haemorrhoa, orange-tailed mining bee
 * Andrena hattorfiana, large scabious mining bee
 * Andrena helvola, coppice mining bee
 * Andrena humilis, catsear mining bee
 * Andrena labialis, large meadow mining bee
 * Andrena labiata, red-girdled mining bee
 * Andrena lapponica, bilberry mining bee
 * Andrena lathyri, Burbage mining bee
 * Andrena lepida, Aldworth mining bee
 * Andrena marginata, small scabious mining bee
 * Andrena nigriceps, black-headed mining bee
 * Andrena nigroaenea, buffish mining bee
 * Andrena nigrospina, scarce black mining bee
 * Andrena nitida, grey-patched mining bee
 * Andrena nitidiuscula, carrot mining bee
 * Andrena ovatula, small gorse mining bee
 * Andrena pilipes, black mining bee
 * Andrena polita, Maidstone mining bee
 * Andrena praecox, small sallow mining bee
 * Andrena proxima, broad-faced mining bee
 * Andrena rosae, Perkins' mining bee
 * Andrena ruficrus, northern mining bee
 * Andrena scotica, chocolate mining bee
 * Andrena similis, red-backed mining bee
 * Andrena simillima, buff-banded mining bee
 * Andrena synadelpha, broad-margined mining bee
 * Andrena tarsata, tormentil mining bee
 * Andrena thoracica, cliff mining bee
 * Andrena tibialis, grey-gastered mining bee
 * Andrena tridentata, pale-tailed mining bee
 * Andrena trimmerana, Trimmer's mining bee
 * Andrena vaga, Grey-backed mining bee
 * Andrena varians, blackthorn mining bee
 * Andrena wilkella, Wilke's mining bee

Subgenus Micrandrena: mini-miners

 * Andrena alfkenella, Alfken's miniature mining bee
 * Andrena falsifica, thick-margined miniature mining bee
 * Andrena floricola, Chilterns miniature mining bee
 * Andrena minutula, common miniature mining bee
 * Andrena minutuloides, plain miniature mining bee
 * Andrena nana, Barham miniature mining bee
 * Andrena nanula, red-horned miniature mining bee
 * Andrena niveata, long-fringed miniature mining bee
 * Andrena semilaevis, shiny-margined miniature mining bee
 * Andrena subopaca, impunctate miniature mining bee

Genus Panurgus: shaggy bees

 * Panurgus banksianus, large shaggy bee
 * Panurgus calcaratus, small shaggy bee

Genus Halictus: end-banded furrow bees

 * Halictus confusus, southern bronze furrow bee
 * Halictus eurygnathus, downland furrow bee
 * Halictus maculatus, square-headed furrow bee
 * Halictus quadricinctus, giant furrow bee
 * Halictus rubicundus, orange-legged furrow bee
 * Halictus scabiosae, great-banded furrow bee
 * Halictus subauratus, golden furrow bee
 * Halictus tumulorum, bronze furrow bee

Genus Lasioglossum: base-banded furrow bees

 * Lasioglossum albipes, bloomed furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum angusticeps, cliff furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum brevicorne, short-horned furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum calceatum, common furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum cupromicans, turquoise furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum fratellum, smooth-faced furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum fulvicorne, lime-loving furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum laeve, shiny-gastered furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum laevigatum, black-mouthed furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum laticeps, broad-faced furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum lativentre, furry-claspered furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum leucopus, white-footed green furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum leucozonium, white-zoned furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum limbellum, ridge-gastered furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum malachurum, sharp-collared furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum minutissimum, least furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum morio, common green furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum nitidiusculum, tufted furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum parvulum, smooth-gastered furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum pauperatum, squat furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum pauxillum, lobe-spurred furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum prasinum, grey-tailed furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum punctatissimum, long-faced furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum puncticolle, ridge-cheeked furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum quadrinotatum, four-spotted furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum rufitarse, rufous-footed furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum semilucens, small shiny furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum sexnotatum, ashy furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum smeathmanellum, Smeathman's furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum villosulum, orange-footed furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum xanthopus, shaggy furrow bee
 * Lasioglossum zonulus, bull-headed furrow bee

Genus Sphecodes: blood bees

 * Sphecodes albilabris, giant blood bee
 * Sphecodes crassus, swollen-thighed blood bee
 * Sphecodes ephippius, bare-saddled blood bee
 * Sphecodes ferruginatus, dull-headed blood bee
 * Sphecodes geoffrellus, Geoffroy's blood bee
 * Sphecodes gibbus, dark-winged blood bee
 * Sphecodes hyalinatus, furry-bellied blood bee
 * Sphecodes longulus, little sickle-jawed blood bee
 * Sphecodes marginatus, margined blood bee
 * Sphecodes miniatus, false-margined blood bee
 * Sphecodes monilicornis, box-headed blood bee
 * Sphecodes niger, dark blood bee
 * Sphecodes pellucidus, sandpit blood bee
 * Sphecodes puncticeps, sickle-jawed blood bee
 * Sphecodes reticulatus, reticulate blood bee
 * Sphecodes rubicundus, red-tailed blood bee
 * Sphecodes scabricollis, rough-backed blood bee
 * Sphecodes spinulosus, spined blood bee

Genus Dufourea: short-faced bees

 * Dufourea halictula, sheep's bit short-faced bee
 * Dufourea minuta, shiny short-faced bee

Genus Rophites: bristle-headed bees

 * Rophites quinquespinosus, five-spined bee

Genus Dasypoda: pantaloon bees

 * Dasypoda hirtipes, pantaloon bee

Genus Melitta: blunthorn bees

 * Melitta dimidiata, sainfoin blunthorn bee
 * Melitta haemorrhoidalis, bellflower blunthorn bee
 * Melitta leporina, clover blunthorn bee
 * Melitta tricincta, red bartsia blunthorn bee

Genus Macropis: loosestrife bees

 * Macropis europaea, yellow loosestrife bee

Genus Anthidium: wool carder bees

 * Anthidium manicatum, European wool carder bee

Genus Stelis: dark bees

 * Stelis breviuscula, little dark bee
 * Stelis ornatula, spotted dark bee
 * Stelis phaeoptera, plain dark bee
 * Stelis punctulatissima, banded dark bee

Genus Heriades: resin bees

 * Heriades truncorum, ridge-saddled carpenter bee

Genus Chelostoma: scissor bees

 * Chelostoma campanularum, small scissor bee
 * Chelostoma florisomne, large scissor bee

Genus Osmia: mason bees

 * Osmia aurulenta, gold-fringed mason bee
 * Osmia bicolor, two-coloured mason bee
 * Osmia caerulescens, blue mason bee
 * Osmia inermis, mountain mason bee
 * Osmia leaiana, orange-vented mason bee
 * Osmia niveata, Jersey mason bee
 * Osmia parietina, wall mason bee
 * Osmia pilicornis, fringe-horned mason bee
 * Osmia bicornis, red mason bee
 * Osmia uncinata, pinewood mason bee
 * Osmia xanthomelana, large mason bee

Genus Hoplitis: lesser mason bees

 * Hoplitis claviventris, welted lesser mason bee
 * Hoplitis leucomelana, black and white lesser mason bee
 * Hoplitis spinulosa, spined mason bee syn. Osmia spinulosa

Genus Megachile: leaf-cutter bees

 * Megachile centuncularis, patchwork leaf-cutter bee
 * Megachile circumcincta, black-headed leaf-cutter bee
 * Megachile dorsalis, silvery leaf-cutter bee
 * Megachile lapponica, willowherb leaf-cutter bee
 * Megachile ligniseca, wood-carving leaf-cutter bee
 * Megachile maritima, coastal leaf-cutter bee
 * Megachile versicolor, brown-footed leaf-cutter bee
 * Megachile willughbiella, Willughby's leaf-cutter bee

Genus Coelioxys: sharp-tailed bees

 * Coelioxys afra, short sharp-tailed bee
 * Coelioxys brevis, narrow-bodied sharp-tailed bee
 * Coelioxys conoidea, large sharp-tailed bee
 * Coelioxys elongata, dull-vented sharp-tailed bee
 * Coelioxys inermis, shiny-vented sharp-tailed bee
 * Coelioxys mandibularis, small leaf-cutter cuckoo bee
 * Coelioxys quadridentata, four-toothed sharp-tailed bee
 * Coelioxys rufescens, rufescent sharp-tailed bee

Genus Nomada: nomad bees

 * Nomada alboguttata, large bear-clawed nomad bee
 * Nomada argentata, silver-sided nomad bee
 * Nomada armata, armed nomad bee
 * Nomada baccata, bear-clawed nomad bee
 * Nomada bifasciata, dusky-horned nomad bee
 * Nomada castellana, Castell's nomad bee
 * Nomada conjungens, fringeless nomad bee
 * Nomada errans, Purbeck nomad bee
 * Nomada fabriciana, Fabricus' nomad bee
 * Nomada ferruginata, yellow-shouldered nomad bee
 * Nomada flava, flavous yellow nomad bee
 * Nomada flavoguttata, small nomad bee
 * Nomada flavopicta, blunthorn nomad bee
 * Nomada fucata, painted nomad bee
 * Nomada fulvicornis, orange-horned nomad bee
 * Nomada fuscicornis, small Guernsey nomad bee
 * Nomada glabella, bilberry nomad bee
 * Nomada goodeniana, Gooden's nomad bee
 * Nomada guttulata, short-spined nomad bee
 * Nomada hirtipes, long-horned nomad bee
 * Nomada integra, catsear nomad bee
 * Nomada lathburiana, lathbury's nomad bee
 * Nomada leucophthalma, early nomad bee
 * Nomada marshamella, Marsham's nomad bee
 * Nomada obtusifrons, flat-ridged nomad bee
 * Nomada panzeri, Panzer's nomad bee
 * Nomada roberjeotiana, tormentil nomad bee
 * Nomada ruficornis, fork-jawed nomad bee
 * Nomada rufipes, black-horned nomad bee
 * Nomada sexfasciata, six-banded nomad bee
 * Nomada sheppardana, Sheppard's nomad bee
 * Nomada signata, broad-banded nomad bee
 * Nomada similis, Guernsey nomad bee
 * Nomada striata, blunt-jawed nomad bee
 * Nomada subcornuta, Kirby's nomad bee
 * Nomada succincta, yellow-legged nomad bee
 * Nomada zonata, variable nomad bee

Genus Epeolus: cuckoo mining bees

 * Epeolus cruciger, red thighed cuckoo mining bee
 * Epeolus variegatus, variegated cuckoo mining bee

Genus Eucera: long-horned bees

 * Eucera longicornis, long-horned bee
 * Eucera nigrescens, early long-horned bee

Genus Anthophora: flower bees

 * Anthophora bimaculata, green-eyed flower bee
 * Anthophora furcata, fork-tailed flower bee
 * Anthophora plumipes, hairy-footed flower bee
 * Anthophora quadrimaculata, four-banded flower bee
 * Anthophora retusa, potter flower bee

Genus Melecta: mourning bees

 * Melecta albifrons, mourning bee
 * Melecta luctuosa, square-spotted mourning bee

Genus Ceratina: small carpenter bees

 * Ceratina cyanea, blue carpenter bee

Genus Xylocopa: large carpenter bees

 * Xylocopa violacea, violet carpenter bee

Subgenus Bombus: white-tailed bumblebees

 * Bombus cryptarum, cryptic bumblebee
 * Bombus lucorum, white-tailed bumblebee
 * Bombus magnus, northern white-tailed bumblebee
 * Bombus terrestris, buff-tailed bumblebee

Subgenus Kallobombus: broken-belted bumblebee

 * Bombus soroeensis, broken-belted bumblebee

Subgenus Megabombus: greater bumblebees

 * Bombus hortorum, garden bumblebee
 * Bombus ruderatus, large garden bumblebee

Subgenus Melanobombus: black-bodied bumblebees

 * Bombus lapidarius, red-tailed bumblebee

Subgenus Psithyrus: cuckoo bumblebees

 * Bombus barbutellus, Barbut's cuckoo-bee
 * Bombus bohemicus, gypsy cuckoo-bee
 * Bombus campestris, field cuckoo-bee
 * Bombus rupestris, red-tailed cuckoo-bee
 * Bombus sylvestris, forest cuckoo-bee
 * Bombus vestalis, vestal cuckoo-bee

Subgenus Pyrobombus: fiery-tailed bumblebees

 * Bombus hypnorum, tree bumblebee
 * Bombus jonellus, heath bumblebee
 * Bombus monticola, bilberry bumblebee
 * Bombus pratorum, early bumblebee

Subgenus Subterraneobombus: yellow bumblebee

 * Bombus distinguendus, great yellow bumblebee

Subgenus Thoracombus: carder bees

 * Bombus humilis, brown-banded carder bee
 * Bombus muscorum, moss carder bee
 * Bombus pascuorum, common carder bee
 * Bombus ruderarius, red-shanked carder bee
 * Bombus sylvarum, shrill carder bee

Genus Apis: honeybees

 * Apis mellifera, western honey bee
 * Apis mellifera mellifera, European dark bee