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Subfamily Apinae - Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees

Anthophorine Bees · Honey Bees · Bumble Bees · Centridini · Emphorini

Tribe Anthophorini - Anthophorine Bees
Large bee in Santa Cruz, California - Anthophora urbana Large bee in Santa Cruz, California - Anthophora urbana Large bee in Santa Cruz, California - Anthophora urbana Anthophora urbana - female Anthophora - male Some type of bee in my lantanas - Anthophora californica Green-eyed Bee - Anthophora squammulosa bumble bee mimic? - female

Tribe Apini - Honey Bees
Apidae - Apis mellifera - male Dark Honey bee 0n coral vine - Apis mellifera Honey Bee - Apis mellifera Apidae 7.11.2009 01a - Apis mellifera Another Drone Honeybee - Apis mellifera - male Another Drone Honeybee - Apis mellifera - male Dark Honey Bee - Apis mellifera Bees - Apis mellifera

Tribe Bombini - Bumble Bees
Bombus terricola queen? - Bombus terricola Another Yellow Bumble Bee - Bombus - female Bombus - which one? - Bombus impatiens black, orange, and yellow bumble bee - Bombus - female Bumble Bee - Bombus griseocollis B. perplexus male - Bombus perplexus - male Bumblebee - Bombus auricomus - male Bombus? - Bombus morrisoni - male

Tribe Centridini
Centris (Paracentris) - Centris Centris (Paracentris) - Centris - male Centris Centris sp - Centris rhodopus - female Huge Bees on Blooming Ironwood - Centris pallida Digger Bee at work - Centris pallida Centris (Paracentris) sensu lato - Centris - male Xylocopa virginica krombeini? - Centris nitida

Tribe Emphorini
Diadasia - Diadasia australis - female Small Bee - Diadasia enavata - male Is this Diadasia? Yes, mallow-visiting Diadasia (Coquillettapis) - Diadasia Diadasia (Coquillettapis), visiting mallow - Diadasia - male Bee on Buckwheat - Diadasia small gray bee - Diadasia ochracea Dorsal view of bee - Ptilothrix bombiformis


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