"Hymenoptera" means "Membrane-wing".
Bees have two pairs of membranous wings. This section includes those families that are most commonly identified as bees, although technically it is more complex and the line between bee and wasp is no longer viewed as a true scientific distinction.
"Bees are alright when alive you see,
But when bees die you really should see 'em
Pinned on a card in a mucky museum."
~From the Bee Song
Bees have two pairs of membranous wings. This section includes those families that are most commonly identified as bees, although technically it is more complex and the line between bee and wasp is no longer viewed as a true scientific distinction.
"Bees are alright when alive you see,
But when bees die you really should see 'em
Pinned on a card in a mucky museum."
~From the Bee Song
Cellophane bee - Colletes selvini
4 photos
Cellophane bee 2 - Colletes sp.?
2 photos
Masked bee - Hylaeus spp.
17 photos
Mining bee 1 - Andrena sp.
7 photos
Peridot bee - Augochlorella pomoniella
1 photos
Honey-tailed Striped-Sweat Bee - Agapostemon melliventri
2 photos
Striped Sweat Bee - Agapostemon subtilior
3 photos
Sweat bee 1 - Agapostemon sp.
22 photos
Sweat bee - Halictus ligatus
24 photos
Sweat bee - Halictus tripartitus
10 photos
Sweat bee - Halictus farinosus
2 photos
Sweat bee 2 - Halictus sp.
10 photos
Sweat bee 5 - Halictus sp.
3 photos
Sweat bee - Lasioglossum spp. (Subgenus Dialictus )
16 photos
Sweat bee 4 - Unidentifed sp.
3 photos
Mason bee - Osmia sp.
2 photos
Mason bee - Osmia sp.
2 photos
Leafcutter bee - Megachile spp.
55 photos
Sonoran bumble bee - Bombus sonorus
36 photos
Yellow-faced bumble bee - Bombus (Pyrobombus) vosnesenskii
22 photos
California bumble bee - Bombus californicus
10 photos
Black-tailed bumble bee - Bombus melanopygus
14 photos
Crotch's Bumble Bee - Bombus crotchii
8 photos
Valley carpenter bee - Xylocopa sonorina
48 items
Valley carpenter bee - Xylocopa varipuncta (Female)
11 photos
Small carpenter bee - Ceratina sp. (Subgenus Zadontomerus)
6 photos
Digger bee- Anthophora urbana
21 photos
California Digger Bee - Anthophora californica
2 photos
Short sun-digger bee - Anthophora curta
3 photos
Squash bee - Peponapis pruinosa
5 photos
Long-horned bee 1 - Melissodes communis alopex
5 photos
Long-horned bee - Melissodes spp.
12 photos
Sunflower bee - Svastra obliqua ssp. obliqua
3 photos
Chimney bee - Diadasia spp.
11 photos
Cuckoo bee - Nomada sp.
1 photos
Western honey bee - Apis mellifera
50 photos
All images © Kim Moore (contact for use)