page_title: List of bees of Israel
section_title: Apidae
hierarchical_section_title: List of bees of Israel / Indigenous species / Apidae
caption_attribution_description: English: Gregarious nesting site of wild bees (Anthophora senescens Lepeletier, 1841) in a vertical clay cliff of a seasonal water course, Wadi Elot, Negev Mountains, Israel, March 5, 2010. עברית: מושבת קינון של דבורי בר מהסוג מדרונית (Anthophora) במצוק אנכי על גדת נחל אכזב, נחל אלות, הר הנגב, 5 במרץ 2010.
context_page_description: Israel is home to about 1100 described species of bees. A partial list is given below, with around 850 species as of 2014. Bee taxonomy and nomenclature are in accordance with the Discover Life website.
context_section_description: Amegilla albigena (Lepeletier, 1841)
  Amegilla lutulenta (Klug, 1845)
  Amegilla mucorea (Klug, 1845)
  Amegilla quadrifasciata (de Villers, 1789)
  Ammobates armeniacus Morawitz 1876
  Ammobates atrorufus (Warncke 1983)
  Ammobates biastoides Friese 1895
  Ammobates dubius Benoist, 1961
  Ammobates latitarsis (Friese 1899)
  Ammobates mavromoustakisi Popov, 1944
  Ammobates minutissimus Mavromoustakis, 1959
  Ammobates niveatus (Spinola, 1838)
  Ammobates oraniensis (Lepeletier, 1841)
  Ammobates robustus Friese, 1896
  Ammobates syriacus Friese, 1899
  Ancyla asiatica Friese 1922
  Ancyla orientalica Warncke, 1979
  Anthophora aegyptiaca (Dalla Torre and Friese, 1895)
  Anthophora aestivalis (Panzer, 1801)
  Anthophora agama Radoszkowski, 1869
  Anthophora ambitiosa Alfken, 1935
  Anthophora arabica Priesner, 1957
  Anthophora atriceps Pérez, 1879
  Anthophora biciliata Lepeletier, 1841
  Anthophora blanda Pérez, 1895
  Anthophora caelebs Gribodo, 1924
  Anthophora canescens Brullé, 1832
  Anthophora caroli Pérez, 1895
  Anthophora cinerascens Lepeletier, 1841
  Anthophora crassipes Lepeletier 1841
  Anthophora crinipes Smith, 1854
  Anthophora deserticola Morawitz 1873
  Anthophora dispar Lepeletier, 1841
  Anthophora disparilis Friese 1922
  Anthophora dufourii Lepeletier 1841
  Anthophora erschowi Fedtschenko 1875
  Anthophora erubescens Morawitz 1880
  Anthophora extricata Priesner, 1957
  Anthophora flabellata Priesner, 1957
  Anthophora fulvitarsis Brulle, 1832   מדרונית צהובת-רגל
  Anthophora heliopolitensis Pérez 1910
  Anthophora hispanica (Fabricius 1787)
  Anthophora libyphaenica Gribodo 1893
  Anthophora muscaria Fedtschenko 1875
  Anthophora nigriceps Morawitz, 1886
  Anthophora orientalis Morawitz 1878
  Anthophora plumipes (Pallas, 1772)   מדרונית ארוכת-פיסה
  Anthophora ponomarevae Brooks 1988
  Anthophora priesneri Alfken 1932
  Anthophora pubescens Fabricius 1871
  Anthophora richaensis Alfken 1938
  Anthophora robusta (Klug 1845)
  Anthophora rogenhoferi Morawitz 1872
  Anthophora romandii Lepeletier 1841
  Anthophora rubricrus Dours, 1873
  Anthophora rutilans Dours 1869
  Anthophora scopipes Spinola, 1838
  Anthophora semirufa (Friese 1898)
  Anthophora senescens Lepeletier 1841
  Anthophora sergia (Nurse, 1904)
  Anthophora spinacoxa Brooks, 1988
  Anthophora tarsalis Priesner 1957
  Anthophora vernalis Morawitz 1878
  Anthophora vidua (Klug, 1845)
  Anthophora wegelini Friese 1914
  Apis mellifera syriaca Skorikov, 1829 דבורה סורית
  Bombus argillaceus (Scopoli, 1763)   בומבוס ארך-ראש
  Bombus niveatus (Kriechbaumer, 1870)   בומבוס החרמון
  Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)   בומבוס האדמה
  Ceratina acuta Friese, 1896
  Ceratina bifida Friese, 1900
  Ceratina bispinosa Handlirsch, 1889
  Ceratina chalcites Germar, 1839   צרטינה ענקית
  Ceratina cucurbitina (Rossi, 1792)
  Ceratina dallatorreana Friese, 1896
  Ceratina dentiventris Gerstäcker, 1869
  Ceratina loewi Gerstacker, 1869
  Ceratina mandibularis Friese, 1896
  Ceratina moricei Friese, 1899
  Ceratina nigroaenea Gerstacker, 1869
  Ceratina nigrolabiata Friese, 1896
  Ceratina parvula Smith, 1854   צרטינה ננסית
  Ceratina schwarzi Kocourek, 1998
  Ceratina tarsata Morawitz, 1871
  Ceratina tibialis Morawitz, 1895
  Ceratina zandeni Terzo, 1998
  Chiasmognathus aegyptiacus (Warncke 1983)
  Chiasmognathus orientanus (Warncke, 1983)
  Cubitalia baal Engel, 2006
  Cubitalia boyadjiani (Vachal, 1907)
  Epeolus bischoffi (Mavromoustakis, 1954)
  Epeolus flavociliatus Friese, 1899
  Eucera aeolopus Pérez, 1908
  Eucera aequata Vachal, 1907
  Eucera alfkeni Risch, 2003
  Eucera alternans (Brullé, 1832)
  Eucera bidentata Pérez, 1887
  Eucera biscrensis (Alfken, 1933)
  Eucera caerulescens Friese, 1899
  Eucera cinnamomea Alfken, 1935
  Eucera clypeata Erichson, 1835
  Eucera commixta Dalla Torre & Friese, 1895
  Eucera cuniculina Klug, 1845
  Eucera curvitarsis Mocsary, 1879
  Eucera dalmatica Lepeletier, 1841
  Eucera decipiens Alfken, 1935
  Eucera ebmeri Risch, 1999
  Eucera friesei Risch, 2003
  Eucera furfurea Vachal, 1907
  Eucera gaullei Vachal, 1907
  Eucera graeca Radoszkowski, 1876
  Eucera helvola Klug, 1845
  Eucera hermoni Risch, 2003
  Eucera hungarica Friese, 1896
  Eucera kilikiae Risch, 1999
  Eucera kullenbergi Tkalců, 1978
  Eucera laxiscopa Alfken, 1935
caption: Anthophora senescens, female
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