Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)
An introduction to Australian Native Bees can be found here:
https://www.aussiebee.com.au/beesinyourarea.html
The identification of bees from photographs can be difficult as tiny details on the animals have to be seen. Michael Batley, our moderator for bees has begun a trial identification tool for bees. The test groups are Megachilid bees and Hylaeine bees found in the Sydney basin and Blue Mountains.
If you want to try the identification tools, the addresses for the two groups are below:-
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Discussion
chriselidie
wrote:
Yesterday
I'm actually not sure it's a bee either... Just that it looks similar to a bee I saw at home a few months ago (which I originally thought was a wasp). I'll have to leave it to the experts
Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) sp.
HelenCross
wrote:
Yesterday
A stunning little bee (that I thought was a wasp!)
Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) sp.
Jennybach
wrote:
Yesterday
Yes there were no bees remaining. And what caught my notice in the first place were Noisy Miners present inside the freshly cut trunk. Suddenly the bees would have become very vulnerable. Or would they have been removed somehow before the tree was removed, site of removal obvious just near the trunk photographed. I was fascinated though by how intact and pristine the honeycomb remained. A very strong structure.
Apis mellifera
Significant sightings
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Acton, ACT
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Acton, ACT
- Leioproctus (Andrenopsis) wilsoni at Bruce, ACT
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Yarralumla, ACT
- Hylaeus (Euprosopoides) perplexus at Murrumbateman, NSW
- Megachile (Rhodomegachile) deanii at Acton, ACT
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Acton, ACT
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Theodore, ACT
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Acton, ACT
- Xylocopa (Lestis) aerata at Gundaroo, NSW
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