A COLOR GUIDE TO COLORADO BEES

Images by Diane Wilson

Sweat Bee (M)

(Halictus confusus arapahonum)

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 Colorado Bees
Halictidae Family: Sweat Bees
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Metallic Green Bee (F) Metallic Green Bee (F) Metallic Green Bee
(Agapostemon coloradinus (Agapostemon angelicus or texanus) (Agapostemon sp.)
or virescens)

Green Sweat Bee Green Sweat Bee Green Sweat Bee

(Augochlorini tribe) (Augochlorella sp.) (Augochlorini tribe)

Sweat Bee Sweat Bee (M) Sweat Bee (F)

(Halictus sp.) (Halictus confusus arapahonum) (Halictus ligatus)

Sweat Bee (M)

(Halictus rubicundus) Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum sp.)
Cuckoo Bee
(Sphecodes sp.)
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 Colorado Bees
Halictidae Family: Sweat Bees
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Sweat Bee (M) Sweat Bee

Sweat Bee (Lasioglossum sp.) (Lasioglossum semicaeruleum) (Lasioglossum sp.)

Colletidae
Family:
Plasterer and
Masked Bees
—>
Cellophane Bee (Colletes sp.) Masked Bee (Hylaeus sp.)

Colorado Bees - Megachilidae Family:

Leaf-Cutter, Mason Bees and Allies

Wool Carder Bee Wool Carder Bee Resin Bee

(Anthidium manicatum) (Anthidium oblongatum) (Anthidiellum sp.)

Leaf Cutter Bee (M) Leaf Cutter Bee (F) Leaf Cutter Bee (M)
(Megachile sg Chelostomoides) (Megachile parallela) (Megachile sp.)

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 Colorado Bees - Megachilidae Family:
Leafcutter, Mason Bees and Allies
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Leaf Cutter Bee (F) Leaf Cutter Bee (F) Leaf Cutter Bee (F)
(Megachile montivaga) (Megachile sp.) (Megachile perihirta)

Leaf Cutter Bee (F) Leaf Cutter Bee (M) Leaf Cutter Bee (F)
(Megachile sg Xanthosarus) (Megachile sg Xanthosarus) (Lithurgus apicalis)

Cuckoo Bee (Coelioxys sp.) Mason Bee

Resin Bee (Dianthidium sp.) (Hoplitis fulgida)

Mason Bee (Hoplitis sp.) Mason Bee (Osmia sp.) Cuckoo Bee (Stelis sp.)

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 Colorado Bees
Apidae Family: Honey, Bumble, Cuckoo,
5 Digger and Carpenter Bees

Honey Bee Honey Bee Small Carpenter Bee

(Apis mellifera) (Apis mellifera) (Ceratina sp.)

Small Carpenter Bee Long-Horned Bee (F) Long-Horned Bee (M)

(Ceratina sp. (Melissodes sp.) (Melissodes sp.)

Long-Horned Bee (F) Long-Horned Bee (M) Black Long-Horned Bee (M)
(Svastra sp.) (Svastra sp.) (Melissodes bimaculata)

Squash Bee Squash Bee Globemallow Bee

(Peponapis pruinosa) (Peponapis sp.) (Diadasia sp.)

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 Colorado Bees
Apidae Family: Honey, Bumble, Cuckoo,
6 Digger and Carpenter Bees

Cuckoo Bee Cuckoo Bee Cuckoo Bee

(Nomada sp.) (Nomada sp.) (Holcopasites calliopsidis)

Cuckoo Bee Cuckoo Bee Cuckoo Bee

(Xeromelecta interrupta) (Triepeolus sp.) (Triepeolus sp.)

Digger Bee Digger Bee Digger Bee

(Anthophorini) (Anthophorini) (Anthophorini)

Digger Bee Digger Bee Cactus Bee

(Anthophorini) (Anthophorini) (Diadasia sp.)

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 Colorado Bees
Apidae Family: Honey, Bumble, Cuckoo,
7 Digger and Carpenter Bees

Bumble Bee California Bumble Bee Bumble Bee

(Bombus appositus) (Bombus californicus) (Bombus centralis)

Golden Northern Bumble Bee Southern Plains Bumble Bee Brown Belted Bumble Bee
(Bombus fervidus) (Bombus fraternus) (Bombus griseocollis)

Cuckoo Bumble Bee Black & Gold Bumble Bee Hunt’s Bumble Bee
(Bombus insularis) (Bombus nevadensis) (Bombus huntii)

Western Bumble Bee American Bumble Bee Mountain Bumble Bee

(Bombus occidentalis) (Bombus pensylvanicus) (Bombus sylvicola)

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 Colorado Bees
Andrenidae Family: Mining Bees
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Black Mining Bee Mining Bee with red abdomen Mining Bee with red abdomen
(Andrena sp. ) (Andrena sp.) (Andrena sp. )

Mining Bee (M) Mining Bee (F) Mining Bee

(Andrena sg Callandrena) (Andrena helianthi) (Andrena sg Cnemidandrena)

Mining Bee (F) Mining Bee Mining Bee

(Andrena sp.) (Andrena sp.) (Andrena prunorum)

Mining Bee Mining Bee Mining Bee

(Pseudopanurgus sp.) (Perdita sp. ) (Perdita sp.)

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