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Welcome to our thumbnail links (78) to our listed genus / species of bees found here on Ausemade and in Australia. We like to thank the many bee contributors, sharing their insights and photographs of this very important group of insects…

Bees
Megachile aurifrons, Alice Springs, NT
Bees
Hylaeus (Hylaeteron) douglasi © Gary Taylor
Blogging Bees…
Amegilla chlorocyanea with view of the antenna © Gary Taylor
Bees Anatomy
Hylaeus violaceus with view of the antenna © Gary Taylor
Bees Antenna
Megachile aurifrons © Gary Taylor
It’s in the eyes
Stenotritidae albomarginatus hanging around the Verticordias, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Pre-pygidial fimbria
Megachile sp © Gary Taylor
Wings of the bee
Golden-browed Resin Bee (Megachile aurifrons), Alice Springs, NT
Bee Behaviour
Bubbling genus Exoneura on a Tamarisk © Gary Taylor
Bubbling bees
Buzz pollinating Xylocopa (Lestis) aeratus on Nandina © Marc Newman
Buzz Pollination
Meroglossa impressifrons penetrata female on Eucalyptus infera removing the operculum from a partially dehised bud © Marc Newman
Operculum lifting behaviour
Unidentified Bees - Ausemade filmstrip
Unidentified Bees
Amegilla Bee

— family Apidae

Amegilla chlorocyanea bee, Alice Springs Desert Park, NT
Amegilla Bee
The genus Amegilla (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Anthophorini) in Australia: A revision of the subgenera Notomegilla and Zonamegilla, Authors Remko Leys, Michael Batley, Katja Hogendoorn
Apical tergites of females Amegilla
"Bubbling" Amegilla chlorocyanea © Gary Taylor
Amegilla Bee Body Colour
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) adelaidae female, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Amegilla adelaidae
Male Amegilla (Notomegilla) aeruginosa (settling down for the evening), Darwin NT © Shane Dighton
Amegilla aeruginosa
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta female on Salvia, Ballandean QLD
Amegilla asserta
Amegilla chlorocyanea bee, Alice Springs Desert Park, NT
Amegilla chlorocyanea
Amegilla (Zonamegilla) walkeri, NT © Marc Newman
Amegilla walkeri
Dawson's Burrowing Bee, Amegilla (Asaropoda) dawsoni Babbage Island, Carnarvon, WA © Marc Newman
Teddy Bear Bees (Asaropoda)
Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis (Teddy Bear Bee) on Buddleja © Marc Newman
Amegilla (Asaropoda) bombiformis
Dawson's Burrowing Bees, Amegilla (Asaropoda) dawsoni Babbage Island, Carnarvon, WA © Marc Newman
Amegilla (Asaropoda) dawsoni)
Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna (Red Singer) roosting, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Amegilla (Asaropoda) rhodoscymna)
Amegilla (Asaropoda) scymna at Ballinyoo Bridge WA © Marc Newman
Amegilla (Asaropoda) scymna)
Austroplebeia australis

— family Apidae

Austroplebeia australis, Alice Springs, NT
Austroplebeia australis
Austrothurgus

— family Megachilidae

family Megachilidae, genus Austrothurgus, Geraldton WA © Gary Taylor
Austrothurgus
Austrothurgus rubricatus, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Austrothurgus rubricatus
Braunsapis

— family Apidae

Reed Bee (Braunsapis sp) on Cone Stick, Girraween QLD © Marc Newman
Braunsapis sp
Reed Bee (Braunsapis sp), Alice Springs NT
Reed Bee (Braunsapis sp)
Native bee - Braunsapis sp. in Native Bluebells (Wahlenbergia queenslandica), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Braunsapis sp
Ceylalictus perditellus

— family Halictidae

Ceylalictus perditellus, Alice Springs NT
Ceylalictus perditellus
Colletidae

— superfamily Apoidea, family Colletidae

Bubbling Euryglossinae Dasyhesma, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Colletidae
Amphylaeus (Agogenohylaeus) obscuriceps on Xanthorrhoea johnsonii, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Amphylaeus (Agogenohylaeus) obscuriceps
Hylaeus violaceus © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus spp – Masked Bee
Callomelitta antipodes, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Callomelitta antipodes
Leioproctus (Cladocerapis) bipectinatus © Marc Newman
Leioproctus
Neopasiphae mirabilis male at Miners Campground Coalseam Conservation Park WA
Neopasiphae mirabilis
Paracolletes crassipes © Marc Newman
Paracolletes crassipes
Paracolletes (Anthoglossa) nigrocinctus, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Paracolletes nigrocinctus
Genus Trichocolletes, Midwest WA © Gary Taylorq
Trichocolletes
Eurglossa

— family Colletidae

Euryglossa calaina, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Euryglossa
Eurglossa adelaidae female, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Eurglossa adelaidae
Euryglossa calaina, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Euryglossa calaina
Eurglossa ephippiata, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Eurglossa ephippiata
Euryglossa salaris, Emerald Beach NSW © Norm Farmer
Euryglossa salaris
Euryglossinae

— family Colletidae

Family Euryglossinae, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Euryglossinae
Euryglossina (Euryglossina) fuscescens, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Euryglossina
Superfamily Euryglossinae, genus Xanthesma (Xenohesma) female, Alice Springs NT
Xanthesma
Exoneura

— family Apidae

Genus Exoneura, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Exoneura
Angophora Reed Bee (Exoneura angophorae), Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Exoneura angophorae
Hylaeus

— family Colletidae

Hylaeus mysterium puella (Prosopisteron), Geraldton WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus (Prosopisteron)
Hylaeus albonitens, Alice Springs, NT
Hylaeus albonitens
Hylaeus (Macrohylaeus) alcyoneus, Dandaragan, WA © Marc Newman
Hylaeus alcyoneus
Hylaeus (Rhodohylaeus) constrictiformis © Marc Newmanmis
Hylaeus constrictiformis
Hylaeus (Hylaeteron) douglasi © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus douglasi
Hylaeus elegans, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus elegans
Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) euxanthus bubbling © Marc Newman
Hylaeus euxanthus
Hylaeus (Rhodohylaeus) maiellus, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Hylaeus maiellus
Hylaeus (Hylaeorhiza) nubilosus © Marc Newman
Hylaeus nubilosus
Hylaeus (Rhodohylaeus) proximus, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus proximus
Masked Bee (Hylaeus ruficeps), Alice Springs, NT
Hylaeus ruficeps
Hylaeus (Gnathoprosopis) theodorei, Burua, Central Eastern QLD © Lisa Warman
Hylaeus theodorei
Female Hylaeus violaceus © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus violaceus
Hylaeus vittatifrons, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Hylaeus vittatifrons
Megachile

— family Megachilidae

Fore tarsi of a male Megachile bee © Gary Taylor
Megachile
Female Megachile aurifrons
Megachile aurifrons
Megachile erythropyga © Gary Taylor
Megachile erythropyga
Megachile chrysopyga, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Megachile chrysopyga
Female Megachile (Eutricharaea) sp, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Megachile (Eutricharaea) sp
Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis on a Eremaea beaufortioides © Gary Taylor
Megachile (Eutricharaea) macularis
Megachile canifrons © Gary Taylor
Megachile (Hackeriapis) canifrons
Megachile ferox (males roosting), Eastern Suburb, Melbourne VIC © Andy Salter
Megachile (Hackeriapis) ferox
Megachile (hackeriapis) rhodura, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Megachile (hackeriapis) rhodura
Male Megachile lucidiventris, Canterbury-Bankstown NSW © Malte Marquarding
Megachile lucidiventris
Megachile punctata harvesting waxy material from a disused stingless bee nest, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Megachile punctata
Megachile (Rhodomegachile) deanii, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Megachile (Rhodomegachile) deanii
Megachile semiluctuosa, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Megachile semiluctuosa
Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii, Geraldton WA © Gary Taylor
Megachile (Thaumatosoma)
Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Megachile (Thaumatosoma) duboulaii
Megachile (Thaumatosoma) remeata, Murchison WA © Marc Newman
Megachile (Thaumatosoma) remeata
Megachile ustulata, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Megachile ustulata
Tetragonula

— family Apidae

Native Honey Bee (Sugar Bags), Tetragonula carbonaria, Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Tetragonula
Native Honey Bee (Sugar Bags), Tetragonula carbonaria, Stony Range Regional Botanic Garden, Dee Why NSW
Tetragonula carbonaria

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