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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine Bees (Andrenidae) » Mining Bees (Andreninae) » Andrena » Subgenus Melandrena (Andrena Subgenus Melandrena)
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Bee or other? - Andrena
Copyright © 2015 Megumme

Bee or other? - Andrena
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
May 1, 2015
Appears every spring making hundreds of holes in the garden.
Have been told to exterminate but don't want to do anything if these are bees or other pollenators
but concerned if they are destructive, we have a big problem. Also, quite a few ants in the area.
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Contributed by Megumme on 6 May, 2015 - 1:27pm
Last updated 31 May, 2015 - 10:14pm

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 31 May, 2015 - 10:14pm login or register to post comments

Andrena male, likely dunningi
Harmless and beneficial
… John S. Ascher, 31 May, 2015 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 31 May, 2015 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

Most definitely a bee :)
Dr. Ascher, our bee expert, will be able to tell you what kind.

Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 May, 2015 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Bee or other?
Thanks for the quick response, most appreciated
Will wait to hear if they are of concern or we should just let them do their thing.
Thanks so much
… Megumme, 6 May, 2015 - 1:53pm login or register to post comments

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