Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)


An introduction to Australian Native Bees can be found here:

https://www.aussiebee.com.au/beesinyourarea.html

The identification of bees from photographs can be difficult as tiny details on the animals have to be seen. Michael Batley, our moderator for bees has begun a trial identification tool for bees. The test groups are Megachilid bees and Hylaeine bees found in the Sydney basin and Blue Mountains.

If you want to try the identification tools, the addresses for the two groups are below:-

Megachilid bees

Hylaeine bees


Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)

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Discussion

PeterA wrote:
1 min ago
Same as 4643557, but this time you can also see the red on the rear abdomen.

Lipotriches (Austronomia) phanerura
PeterA wrote:
15 min ago
A male out looking for females!

Amegilla (Zonamegilla) asserta
Mike wrote:
2 Feb 2025
I thought the banding was too strong for Apis mellifera and didn't know if native bees congregated in large numbers. It was a distant shot because I first thought they were wasps.

Apis mellifera
KMcCue wrote:
1 Feb 2025
That's great - thank you Peter.

Amegilla sp. (genus)
PeterA wrote:
1 Feb 2025
You got it, Kevin! Hard to get a picture - a lot around at present.

Amegilla sp. (genus)
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