Bees of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Here you will be able to get a picture of they type of bees found at the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California.
Honey Bee
The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is a species of honey bee. The genus Apis is Latin for "bee", and mellifera comes from Latin melli- "honey" and ferre "to bear"—hence the scientific name means "honey-bearing bee". The name was coined in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus who, upon realizing the bees do not bear honey, but ...more ↓
Bumble Bees
A bumblebee is any member of the bee genus Bombus, in the family Apidae. There are over 250 known species, existing primarily in the Northern Hemisphere although they also occur in South America. They have been introduced to New Zealand and the Australian state of Tasmania.
Sand Wasps
Bembix is a large cosmopolitan genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 380 species.
Nomad Bees
With over 850 species, the genus Nomada is one of the largest genera in the entire family Apidae, and the largest genus of cleptoparasitic "cuckoo bees." They occur worldwide, and utilize many different types of bees as hosts, primarily the genus Andrena. As parasites, they lack a pollen-carrying scopa, and are often extraordinarily wasp-like in appearance with red, ...more ↓
Anthophora urbana
Anthophora individuals can be distinguished from the very similar genus Amegilla by the possession of an arolium between the tarsal claws.
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Yellow-faced Bumblebee
The Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) is a species of bumblebee. It is native to the west coast of North America, where it distributed from British Columbia to Baja California.
Black-tailed Bumblebee
Bombus melanopygus, the black-tailed bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee native to western North America from British Columbia to California, and as far east as Idaho.
Agapostemon texanus
Agapostemon texanus, also known as the green sweat bee, is a bee found in North America.
Abeja albañil
"Abeja Albañil" is spanish for the Mason bee. It is a common name for species of bees in the genus Osmia, and from the Megachilidae family.
Bombus caliginosus
Bombus caliginosus is a species of bumblebee known commonly as the obscure bumble bee. It is native to the West Coast of the United States, where its distribution extends from Washington through Oregon to Southern California, as far south as the San Jacinto Mountains.
