Photo Gallery of Australian Native Bees

Photograph Gallery
of Australian Native Bees

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....FAMILY APIDAE

Stingless Bees
*(Trigona carbonaria)*
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Great Carpenter Bees
*(Xylocopa)*
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Metallic Carpenter Bees
(*Xylocopa (Lestis))*
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Reed Bees
*(Exoneura)*
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Cloak & Dagger Cuckoo Bees
*(Thyreus)*
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Blue Banded Bee
*(Amegilla)*
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Teddy Bear Bee
(*Amegilla (Asaropoda))*
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Dawson's Burrowing Bee
*(Amegilla dawsoni)*
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....FAMILY MEGACHILIDAE

Leafcutter Bee
*( Megachile)*
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Resin Bees
(recently renamed *Megachile*)
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....FAMILY HALICTIDAE

*Homalictus* Bees
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Green & Gold Nomia Bees
(recently renamed
*Lipotriches australica*)
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....FAMILY COLLETIDAE

Wasp-Mimic Bee
*(Hyleoides concinna)*
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Banksia Bees
*(Hylaeus alcyoneus)*
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*Hylaeus nubilosus*
(one of the Masked Bees)
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The World's Smallest Bee
*(Quasihesma)*
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Feathery Leioproctus Bees
*(Leioproctus plumosus)*
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Which of the above bees are in your area of Australia?
What types of nests do these bees build?
Find out the answers to these questions in our Introductory Guide!

Photograph Gallery of Australian Native Bees Click on each small image below to see a larger image.

Photograph Gallery
of Australian Native Bees

Click on each small image below to see a larger image.