Learning About Wild Native Bees Using the Taxonomic Structure
Caption: Andrena robertsonii
Credit: All images from the United States Geological Survey
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Originally appears in the Summer 2022 issue.
By Caitlin McCloskey and Beatrice Olivastri
Order: Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones.
Family: Seven families of bees: Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, Melittidae (all in North America), Stenotritidae (only in Australia)
Note: For more on bee families, see this article from the University of Minnesota’s Bee Lab.
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