Love our solitary bees
There are estimated to be between 20,000-30,000 solitary bee species worldwide with over 240 species of solitary bee in the UK alone!
Below you can find out a little more about just some of them, both here in the UK and further afield.
- Top Tip: Look out for little “volcanos” of loose soil appearing in your garden or lawn; they could be solitary bee nests!
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Solitary Bees
Buffish Mining Bee
(Andrena nigroaenea)
Blunthorn Nomad Bee
(Nomada flavopicta)
Cat's-ear Mining Bee
(Andrena humilis)
Cliff Mason Bee
(Osmia xanthomelana)
Clover Melitta
(Melitta leporina)
Gold-fringed Mason Bee
(Osmia aurulenta)
Hairy-footed Flower Bee
(Anthophora plumipes)
Hawk's-beard Mining Bee
(Andrena fulvago)
Ivy Bee
(Colletes hederae)
Large Scabious Mining Bee
(Andrena hattorfiana)
Long-horned Bee
(Eucera longicornis)
Northern Colletes
(Colletes floralis)
Northern Mining Bee
(Andrena ruficrus)
Pantaloon Bee
(Dasypoda hirtipes)
Perkins’ Mining Bee
(Andrena rosae)
Red Bartsia Bee
(Melitta tricincta)
Red Mason Bee
(Osmia bicornis)
Red-girdled Mining Bee
(Andrena labiata)
Silvery Leafcutter Bee
(Megachile leachella)
Six-banded Nomad Bee
(Nomada sexfasciata)
Tawny Mining Bee
(Andrena fulva)
Tormentil Mining Bee
(Andrena tarsata)
Variable Nomad Bee
(Nomada zonata)
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