List of bees of Great Britain

Genus Colletes

Colletes cunicularius

Colletes daviesanus - Common in England, scarce in Scotland and Ireland

Colletes floralis

Colletes fodiens - Widespread on sandy habitats in England, Wales and southern Scotland

Colletes halophilus

Colletes hederae - Southern, generally coastal distribution

Colletes marginatus - Localised to sand dunes on coasts of England and Wales. Inland population in the Brecks.

Colletes similis - Widespread in southern Britain and Ireland

Colletes succinctus - Widespread throughout the Britain and Ireland on heathland and moorland

Genus Hylaeus

Hylaeus annularis - Widespread, locally common

Hylaeus brevicornis

Hylaeus communis

Hylaeus confusus

Hylaeus cornutus

Hylaeus gibbus

Hylaeus hyalinatus

Hylaeus pectoralis

Hylaeus pictipes

Hylaeus punctulatissimus

Hylaeus signatus

Hylaeus spilotus

Genus Andrena

Andrena agilissima

Andrena alfkenella

Andrena angustior

Andrena apicata

Andrena argentata

Andrena barbilabris

Andrena bicolor

Andrena bimaculata

Andrena bucephala

Andrena chrysosceles

Andrena cineraria

Andrena clarkella

Andrena coitana

Andrena congruens

Andrena denticulata

Andrena dorsata

Andrena falsifica

Andrena ferox

Andrena flavipes

Andrena florea

Andrena floricola

Andrena fucata

Andrena fulva

Andrena fulvago

Andrena fuscipes

Andrena gravida

Andrena haemorrhoa

Andrena hattorfiana

Andrena helvola

Andrena humilis

Andrena labialis

Andrena labiata

Andrena lapponica

Andrena lathyri

Andrena lepida

Andrena marginata

Andrena minutula

Andrena minutuloides

Andrena nana

Andrena nanula

Andrena nigriceps

Andrena nigroaenea

Andrena nigrospina

Andrena nitida

Andrena nitidiuscula

Andrena niveata

Andrena ovatula

Andrena pilipes s.s.

Andrena pilipess.l

Andrena polita

Andrena praecox

Andrena proxima

Andrena rosae

Andrena ruficrus

Andrena scotica

Andrena semilaevis

Andrena similis

Andrena simillima

Andrena stragulata

Andrena subopaca

Andrena synadelpha

Andrena tarsata

Andrena thoracica

Andrena tibialis

Andrena tridentata

Andrena trimmerana

Andrena vaga

Andrena varians

Andrena wilkella

Genus Panurgus

Panurgus banksianus

Panurgus calcaratus

Genus Halictus

Halictus confusus

Halictus eurygnathus

Halictus maculatus

Halictus quadricinctus

Halictus rubicundus

Halictus scabiosae

Halictus subauratus

Halictus tumulorum

Genus Lasioglossum

Lasioglossum albipes

Lasioglossum angusticeps

Lasioglossum brevicorne

Lasioglossum calceatum

Lasioglossum cupromicans

Lasioglossum fratellum

Lasioglossum fulvicorne

Lasioglossum laeve

Lasioglossum laevigatum

Lasioglossum laticeps

Lasioglossum lativentre

Lasioglossum leucopus

Lasioglossum leucozonium

Lasioglossum limbellum

Lasioglossum malachurum

Lasioglossum minutissimum

Lasioglossum morio

Lasioglossum nitidiusculum

Lasioglossum parvulum

Lasioglossum pauperatum

Lasioglossum pauxillum

Lasioglossum prasinum

Lasioglossum punctatissimum

Lasioglossum puncticolle

Lasioglossum quadrinotatum

Lasioglossum rufitarse

Lasioglossum semilucens

Lasioglossum sexnotatum

Lasioglossum smeathmanellum

Lasioglossum villosulum

Lasioglossum xanthopus

Lasioglossum zonulum

Genus Sphecodes

Sphecodes crassus

Sphecodes ephippius

Sphecodes ferruginatus

Sphecodes geoffrellus

Sphecodes gibbus

Sphecodes hyalinatus

Sphecodes longulus

Sphecodes marginatus

Sphecodes miniatus

Sphecodes monilicornis

Sphecodes niger

Sphecodes pellucidus

Sphecodes puncticeps

Sphecodes reticulatus

Sphecodes rubicundus

Sphecodes scabricollis

Sphecodes spinulosus

Genus Dufourea

Dufourea halictula

Dufourea minuta

Genus Rophites

Rophites quinquespinosus

Genus Melitta

Melitta dimidiata

Melitta haemorrhoidalis

Melitta leporina

Melitta tricincta

Genus Macropis

Macropis europaea

Genus Dasypoda

Dasypoda hirtipes

Genus Anthidium

Anthidium manicatum - European wool carder bee

Genus Stelis

Stelis breviuscula

Stelis ornatula

Stelis phaeoptera

Stelis punctulatissima

Genus Heriades

Heriades truncorum

Genus Chelostoma

Chelostoma campanularum

Chelostoma florisomne

Genus Osmia

Osmia aurulenta

Osmia bicolor

Osmia caerulescens

Osmia inermis

Osmia leaiana

Osmia niveata

Osmia parietina

Osmia pilicornis

Osmia rufa

Osmia uncinata

Osmia xanthomelana

Genus Hoplitis

Hoplitis claviventris

Hoplitis leucomelana

Hoplitis spinulosa

Genus Megachile

Megachile centuncularis

Megachile circumcincta

Megachile dorsalis

Megachile lapponica

Megachile ligniseca

Megachile maritima

Megachile versicolor

Megachile willughbiella

Genus Coelioxys

Coelioxys afra

Coelioxys brevis

Coelioxys conoidea

Coelioxys elongata

Coelioxys inermis

Coelioxys mandibularis

Coelioxys quadridentata

Coelioxys rufescens

Genus Nomada

Nomada argentata

Nomada armata Scabious Cuckoo Bee

Nomada baccata

Nomada castellana

Nomada conjungens

Nomada errans

Nomada fabriciana

Nomada ferruginata

Nomada flava

Nomada flavoguttata

Nomada flavopicta

Nomada fucata

Nomada fulvicornis

Nomada fuscicornis

Nomada goodeniana

Nomada guttulata

Nomada hirtipes

Nomada integra

Nomada lathburiana

Nomada leucophthalma

Nomada marshamella

Nomada obtusifrons

Nomada panzeri

Nomada roberjeotiana

Nomada ruficornis

Nomada rufipes

Nomada sexfasciata

Nomada sheppardana

Nomada signata

Nomada similis

Nomada striata

Nomada succincta

Genus Epeolus

Epeolus cruciger

Epeolus variegatus

Genus Eucera (long-horned bees)

Eucera longicornis

Eucera nigrescens

Genus Anthophora (flower bees)

Anthophora bimaculata

Anthophora furcata

Anthophora plumipes

Anthophora quadrimaculata

Anthophora retusa

Genus Melecta (cuckoo bees)

Melecta albifrons

Melecta luctuosa

Melecta billyidol

Genus Ceratina (carpenter bees)

Ceratina cyanea

Genus Xylocopa (carpenter bees)

Xylocopa violacea

Subgenus Bombus

Bombus cryptarum

Bombus lucorum - white-tailed bumblebee

Bombus terrestris - buff-tailed bumblebee

Bombus magnus - northern white-tailed bumblebee

Subgenus Cullumanobombus

Bombus cullumanus - Cullum's bumblebee (extinct)

Subgenus Kallobombus

Bombus soroeensis - broken-belted bumblebee

Subgenus Megabombus

Bombus hortorum - garden bumblebee

Bombus ruderatus - large garden bumblebee

Subgenus Melanobombus

Bombus lapidarius - red-tailed bumblebee

Subgenus Psithyrus

Bombus barbutellus - Barbut's cuckoo-bee

Bombus bohemicus - gypsy cuckoo-bee

Bombus campestris - field cuckoo-bee

Bombus rupestris - hill cuckoo-bee

Bombus sylvestris - four-coloured cuckoo-bee

Bombus vestalis - vestal cuckoo-bee

Subgenus Pyrobombus

Bombus hypnorum - tree bumblebee

Bombus jonellus - heath bumblebee

Bombus monticola - mountain bumblebee

Bombus pratorum - early bumblebee

Subgenus Rhodobombus

Bombus pomorum - apple bumblebee (extinct)

Subgenus Subterraneobombus

Bombus distinguendus - great yellow bumblebee

Bombus subterraneus - short-haired bumblebee (extinct)

Subgenus Thoracombus

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 (honey bees)

Apis mellifera - western honey bee