Contains

• honeybee

  Social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces.

• Nomia melanderi

  A common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United S...

• mason bee

  Any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand.

• leaf-cutting bee

  Bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest.

• potter bee

  Solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a...

• drone

  Stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is...

• carpenter bee

  Large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems.

• bumblebee

  Robust hairy social bee of temperate regions.

• cuckoo-bumblebee

  A bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees.

• andrena

  A bee that is a member of the genus Andrena.