# List of bees of Great Britain

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This is a list of bees of Great Britain. The following species are all within the superfamily Apoidea. Over 250 species have been identified in the UK.

## Family Colletidae
### 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

## Family Andrenidae
### 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

## Family Halictidae
### 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

## Family Melittidae
### 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

## Family Megachilidae
### 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

## Family Apidae
### 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

### Genus Bombus: bumblebees
#### 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