When it is recorded
Jan137
Feb815
Mar2,487
Apr4,610
May5,395
Jun9,844
Jul12,087
Aug9,743
Sep4,173
Oct1,659
Nov209
Dec69
GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).
Where it is recorded
| # | County | Nation | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | England | 3,652 | |
| 2 | Devon | England | 1,303 | |
| 3 | Cambridgeshire | England | 1,255 | |
| 4 | Somerset | England | 1,147 | |
| 5 | Cornwall | England | 1,018 | |
| 6 | Essex | England | 897 | |
| 7 | Oxfordshire | England | 876 | |
| 8 | Sefton | England | 851 | |
| 9 | Surrey | England | 817 | |
| 10 | City of Edinburgh | Scotland | 814 | |
| 11 | York | England | 788 | |
| 12 | Leeds | England | 750 | |
| 13 | Moray | Scotland | 674 | |
| 14 | North Yorkshire | England | 621 | |
| 15 | Medway | England | 616 |
43,690 England4,314 Scotland2,906 Wales313 Northern Ireland
Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 126 counties in all.
About this species
- Records since 2000
- 51,449
- Peak month
- July
- Counties with records
- 126
- IUCN Red List
- Data Deficient
- Scientific name
- Apis mellifera
- Group
- Bees, wasps and ants
- NBN Atlas records since 2000
- 45,535
- Most recorded in
- Kent, Devon, Cambridgeshire, Somerset, Cornwall, Essex, Oxfordshire, Sefton, Surrey, City of Edinburgh, York, Leeds +73
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Apis
- Name with authority
- Apis mellifera Linnaeus, 1758
- Described
- 1758
- Contributing datasets
- 48
Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q30034 · GBIF 1341976