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  5. Hymenopterans
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  7. Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies

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Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies

Apidae

Includes
326 native 10 introduced 29 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Apine Bees 201 native
  • Nomad and Related Cuckoo Bees 103 native
  • Carpenter Bees 22 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native honey bees, bumble bees, and allies All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens 314,135 observations
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica 133,836 observations
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis 128,670 observations
  • Two-spotted Bumble Bee Bombus bimaculatus 81,210 observations
  • American Bumble Bee Bombus pensylvanicus 68,102 observations
  • Yellow-faced Bumble Bee Bombus vosnesenskii 56,866 observations
  • Tricolored Bumble Bee Bombus ternarius 37,819 observations
  • Black-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus melanopygus 28,643 observations
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee Bombus rufocinctus 25,410 observations
  • Two-spotted Longhorn Bee Melissodes bimaculatus 21,925 observations
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee Bombus huntii 21,057 observations
  • Valley Carpenter Bee Xylocopa sonorina 17,737 observations
  • Perplexing Bumble Bee Bombus perplexus 17,657 observations
  • Golden Northern Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus 16,208 observations
  • Black-and-gold Bumble Bee Bombus auricomus 15,542 observations
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