Identify Bees (Apoidea)
seen at The Netherfield Lagoons

Discover more about these species such as habitat, a detailed description, their national distribution and the best time of year to see them (or visit the lagoons to try and find them!). Each species has photographs to help you in identification.

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Gwynne’s Mining Bee
Andrena bicolor

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Hawthorn Mining Bee
Andrena chrysosceles

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Ashy Mining Bee
Andrena cineraria

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Clarke’s Mining Bee
Andrena clarkella

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Yellow-legged Mining Bee
Andrena flavipes

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Tawny Mining Bee
Andrena fulva

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Early Mining Bee
Andrena haemorrhoa

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Common Mini-miner
Andrena minutula

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Buffish Mining Bee
Andrena nigroaenea

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Grey-patched Mining Bee
Andrena nitida

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Small Sallow Mining Bee
Andrena praecox

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Chocolate Mining Bee
Andrena scotica

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Fabricius’ Nomad
Nomada fabriciana

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Flavous Nomad Bee
Nomada flava

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Fork-jawed Nomad Bee
Nomada ruficornis

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Panzer’s Nomad Bee
Nomada panzeri

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Gooden’s Nomad Bee
Nomada goodeniana

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Blunt-jawed Nomad Bee
Nomada striata

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Nomad Bee
Nomada species

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Hairy-footed Flower Bee
Anthophora plumipes

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Honey Bee
Apis mellifera

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Small Garden Bumblebee
Bombus hortorum

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Tree Bumblebee
Bombus hypnorum

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Red-tailed Bumblebee
Bombus lapidarius

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White-tailed Bumblebee
Bombus lucorum

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Common Carder Bee
Bombus pascuorum

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Early Bumblebee
Bombus pratorum

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Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Bombus terrestris

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Hill Cuckoo Bumblebee
Bombus rupestris

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Forest Cuckoo Bee
Bombus sylvestris

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Vestal Cuckoo Bee
Bombus vestalis

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Davies’ Colletes
Colletes daviesanus

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Ivy Bee
Colletes hederae

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Common Yellow-faced Bee
Hylaeus communis

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Hairy Yellow-faced Bee
Hylaeus hyalinatus

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Large Yellow-faced Bee
Hylaeus signatus

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Orange-legged Furrow Bee
Halictus rubicundus

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Bloomed Furrow Bee
Lasioglossum albipes

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Common Furrow Bee
Lasioglossum calceatum

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Blood Bee
Sphecodes species

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Sharp-tailed Bee
Coelioxys species

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Wood-carving Leafcutter Bee
Megachile ligniseca

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Patchwork Leafcutter Bee
Megachile centuncularis

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Willughby’s Leafcutter Bee
Megachile willughbiella

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Red Mason Bee
Osmia bicornis

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Spined Mason Bee
Osmia spinulosa

All photography taken at the Netherfield Lagoons, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire