Stony Range RBG FaunaAustralian Bush Turkey Australian Magpie Myrmecia nigrocincta Pittosporum Leaf Beetle Red-tipped Crab Spider Stingless Bee Tetragonula sp Tetragonula carbonaria Tiger Spider
The native Sugarbag Bees (Tetragonula carbonaria), also known as Bush Bees are a small black bee, with a white/grey head and some in the hive have metallic green abdomen.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Apiformes
- Family: Apidae
- Subfamily: Apinae
- Tribe: Meliponini
- Genus: Tetragonula
- Species: Tetragonula carbonaria
Many thanks to Dan Smailes who told us that these bees were locally rescued colonies (T. carbonaria) that we relocated into Stony Range Botanical Gardens & Native Bees Sanctuary – Sydney Native Bee Rescue
This page is a work in progress, more information coming…
Footnote & References
- Tetragonula Moure, 1961, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/9ea8a32d-3c40-4930-b4ac-dc5e67c543e3
- Native Stingless Bee – Trigona carbonaria, Brisbane Insects and Spiders, https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_bees/StinglessBees.htm
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