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Bees, wasps and ants

733 species

Common Carder Bee

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
124,859
Scientific name
Bombus pascuorum

Western honey bee

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
51,449
Scientific name
Apis mellifera

Early Bumble Bee

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
38,075
Scientific name
Bombus pratorum

Tree Bumblebee

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
35,931
Scientific name
Bombus hypnorum

European Hornet

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
14,599
Scientific name
Vespa crabro

Ivy Bee

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
10,833
Scientific name
Colletes hederae

Red Mason Bee

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
9,008
Scientific name
Osmia bicornis

Tawny Mining Bee

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
8,881
Scientific name
Andrena fulva

Vestal Cuckoo Bee

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
8,401
Scientific name
Bombus vestalis

Grey Mining Bee

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
8,242
Scientific name
Andrena cineraria

Early Mining Bee

Peak month
May
Records since 2000
7,566
Scientific name
Andrena haemorrhoa

Woodland Red Ant

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,639
Scientific name
Myrmica ruginodis

Carder Bumble Bee

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,638
Scientific name
Bombus humilis

Moss Carder Bee

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
4,573
Scientific name
Bombus muscorum

Small Black Ant

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
4,560
Scientific name
Lasius niger

Heath Bumble Bee

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,910
Scientific name
Bombus jonellus

Common Spangle Gall

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
3,837
Scientific name
Neuroterus quercusbaccarum

Yellow Meadow Ant

Peak month
June
Records since 2000
3,810
Scientific name
Lasius flavus

Slender Mining Bee

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
3,485
Scientific name
Lasioglossum calceatum

Gooden's Nomad Bee

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
3,424
Scientific name
Nomada goodeniana

German Wasp

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
3,378
Scientific name
Vespula germanica

Buffish Mining Bee

Peak month
April
Records since 2000
3,293
Scientific name
Andrena nigroaenea

Shrill Carder Bee

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
2,973
Scientific name
Bombus sylvarum

Wool-carder Bee

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,697
Scientific name
Anthidium manicatum

Turnip Sawfly

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
2,652
Scientific name
Athalia rosae

Knopper Gall

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
2,645
Scientific name
Andricus quercuscalicis

Marble Gall

Peak month
September
Records since 2000
2,642
Scientific name
Andricus kollari

Hill Cuckoo-Bee

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,434
Scientific name
Bombus rupestris

Gypsy Cuckoo Bee

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,141
Scientific name
Bombus bohemicus

Tree Wasp

Peak month
July
Records since 2000
2,121
Scientific name
Dolichovespula sylvestris

Formica lemani

Peak month
August
Records since 2000
1,879
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