Miner Bees
Andrena, commonly called the mining bee or miner bee, is the largest genus in the family Andrenidae but we always have to assume that some species are yet to be discovered...happy hunting!
wikipedia has a great deal of material but I have tried to show a direct relationship from the official scientific binomial nomenclature and the common names. Sometimes people get confused on which is which.
Below is an extremely incomplete list in alphabetic order
Below is an extremely incomplete list in alphabetic order
According to Wikipedia, the genus includes over 1,300 species
(complete list of the mining bees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Andrena_species)
Andrena carantonica 'Chocolate Mining Bee'
Andrena fulva, ’tawny mining bee’
Andrena marginata, ‘small scabious mining bee’
Andrena lauracea a rare bee species with no current common name
================================================================================Mason Bees
Osmia, commonly called the mason bee. Includes over 300 species
(complete list of the mason bees https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Osmia_species)
Below is an incomplete list in alphabetic order
Osmia xanthomelana large mason bee
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of course, this is not an endorsement about any website or anything else :)
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