Bees
Hymenoptera
Species on this page
- Andrena flavipes — Yellow-legged Mining Bee
- Andrena scotica — Chocolate Mining Bee
- Andrena nitida — Grey-patched Mining Bee
- Andrena nigroaenea — Buff Mining Bee
- Andrena sp. — Solitary Bee
- Apis mellifera — Honey Bee
- Bombus pascuorum — Common Carder Bee
- Bombus terrestris — Buff-tailed Bumblebee
- Bombus lapidarius — Red-tailed Bumblebee
- Bombus vestalis — Cuckoo Bumblebee
- Anthophora plumipes — Hairy-footed Flower Bee
- Osmia caerulescens — Blue Mason Bee
- Nomada fucata — Painted Nomad Bee
Andrena flavipes
Yellow-legged Mining Bee
Andrenidae
Andrena
flavipes · Yellow-legged Mining Bee · Garden ·
23.04.2023 Andrena sp
Solitary Bee
Andrenidae
Andrena sp · Solitary Bee ·
Garden · 06.04.2026 Andrena scotica
Chocolate Mining Bee
Andrenidae
⚠ Andrena scotica suggested by
Nick Croker - Facebook group - NHM UK Biodiversity.
Andrena scotica · Solitary Bee ·
Garden · 19.04.2026 Buff Mining Bee
Andrena nigroaenea— Confirmation needed
ANDRENIDAE
⚠ Andrena nigroaenea
suggested by Mike Kerry - Facebook group - UK Bees, Wasps
and Ants - species confirmation from the image would be
welcome.
Andrena
nigroaenea · Mining Bee · confirmation needed
Mining Bee
Andrena flavipes. — confirmation needed
Andrenidae
⚠ Andrena flavipes is a the suggest
identification of Mike Kerry of Facebook group - UK
Bees, Wasps and Ants, confirmation welcome
Andrena
gravida: positive identification needed Grey-patched Mining Bee
Andrena nitida.
Andrenidae
24.04.2026
Andrena nitida : distinguished from A.
fulva by the smooth hairless abdomen
Andrena nitida: positive
identification needed Apis mellifera
Honey Bee
Apidae
Apis
mellifera · Honey Bee 
Apis
mellifera · Honey Bee 
Apis
mellifera · Honey Bee 
Bombus vestalis · Cuckoo
Bumblebee Bombus pascuorum
Common Carder Bee
Apidae
7.07.2023
Bombus pascuorum · Common
Carder Bee Bombus terrestris
Buff-tailed Bumblebee
Apidae
7.07.2023
Bombus terrestris ·
Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Red-tailed Bumblebee
Apidae
Bombus lapidarius · 28.03.2023
Bombus lapidarius
(Worker) on Welsh Poppy · 26.04.2026 
✓ Identified by Ciaran Clark - NHM
Biodiversity Facebook Group.
Osmia
caerulescens · Blue Mason Bee · Garden ·
22.04.2026 Description: A small,
solitary mason bee. Females are distinct for their dark,
metallic blue-black sheen and dense pollen-collecting hairs
(scopa) on the underside of the abdomen. They are frequent
visitors to garden flowers, particularly those in the pea
and mint families. Their presence indicates suitable nesting
sites nearby, such as hollow plant stems or "bee hotels."
Note: Nomada
fucata is a cleptoparasitic bee — it lays its eggs in
the nests of Andrena flavipes (Yellow-legged
Mining Bee), also recorded on this page. Finding both
species together is a good local record.
