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The Tawny Mining Bee *Andrena fulva* is a solitary bee found across Europe. Females possess distinctive reddish-orange coloration, used for species recognition. These bees create underground nests within grassy areas and lawns. They are important pollinators, particularly valued by gardeners and eco...
The Ashy Mining Bee is a striking European ground-nesting species where females are notable for their contrasting black bodies and ashy grey hair.
The Grey Mining Bee is a large solitary insect notable for its striking grey hair and early spring emergence, heavily favoring willow pollen.
The Orange-tailed Mining Bee is a widespread spring-flying species notable for the females' distinct reddish-orange abdominal tips and ground nests.
The Yellow-legged Mining Bee is a ground-nesting species notable for the bright yellow pollen-collecting hairs on its hind legs and expanding UK range.
The Buffish Mining Bee is a large, spring-flying solitary insect notable for its dense, buff-colored hair bands across a deep black abdomen.
Gwynne's Mining Bee is a Eurasian solitary species notable for producing two visually distinct generations each year, flying in both spring and summer.
The Shaggy Bee (Panurgus calcaratus) is a small European solitary bee notable for its strict foraging specialization on yellow daisies.
Panurgus banksianus, known as the Large Shaggy Bee, is a European mining bee notable for being the largest member of its genus in Britain.
The Short-fringed Mining Bee is a European solitary species notable for its bivoltine life cycle, producing two generations between spring and summer.
The Sand Mining Bee is a solitary species notable for its strict specialization on sandy habitats, where it excavates deep nest burrows along coastlines.
Described by William Kirby in 1802, Andrena tibialis is a solitary mining bee found across Europe and Asia, emerging in early spring.
Andrena proxima is a Palearctic mining bee noted for its solitary ground-nesting habits and its role in pollinating various agricultural crops.
Rophites quinquespinosus is a Palaearctic bee species in the family Halictidae, specifically adapted to pollinate plants in the mint family.
Panurgus dentipes is a ground-nesting mining bee native to the Palearctic region, distinguished by its oligolectic foraging on yellow composite flowers.
First described by Hans Strøm in 1768, Andrena fulvata is a solitary mining bee species widely distributed across northern Europe.
Andrena synadelpha is a solitary mining bee found across Europe, notable for emerging in early spring to nest in the ground and pollinate various flora.
