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Bee Orchid

Ophrys apifera

6,503Records since 2000
JunePeak month
98Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan72
Feb83
Mar180
Apr122
May546
Jun4,651
Jul511
Aug24
Sep16
Oct28
Nov69
Dec56

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England294
2Norfolk England282
3Cambridgeshire England257
4Oxfordshire England241
5Sefton England166
6Northamptonshire England124
7Nottingham England122
8North Tyneside England113
9Gloucestershire England107
10North Yorkshire England102
11Worcestershire England99
12Sheffield England98
13Kent England96
14York England92
15Lincolnshire England88
5,270 England18 Scotland246 Wales49 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 98 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
6,503
Peak month
June
Counties with records
98
Scientific name
Ophrys apifera
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,830
Conservation designations
Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, EU wildlife trade (CITES) annexes, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Ophrys
Name with authority
Ophrys apifera Huds.
Contributing datasets
32

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159291 · GBIF 2792998