Bees

A selection of some of the most common bees to be found in the UK

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Buff-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus terrestris	Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum	Cuckoo Bee Bombus rupestris	Cuckoo Bee Bombus sylvestris	Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum
European Honey Bee Apis mellifera	Garden Bumble Bee Bombus hortorum	Leafcutter Bee Megachile centuncularis	Leafcutter Bee Megachile willughbiella	Mining Bee Andrena bicolor
Mining Bee Andrena carantonica	Mining Bee Andrena flavipes	Parasitic Bee Sphecodes spp.	Plasterer Bee Colletes similis	Red-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lapidarius
Solitary Bee Hylaeus communis	Tawny Mining Bee Andrena Fulva

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