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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) » Andrena dunningi
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Some kind of mining bee? - Andrena dunningi
Copyright © 2018 ograsdal

Some kind of mining bee? - Andrena dunningi
Credit River, Scott County, Minnesota, USA
May 6, 2018
Size: 17 mm
I found this bee nearby a garden of mine in which it appears that a large number of bees have dug a couple dozen or so small holes, each about 7 mm wide. I have a feeling that this bee is some kind of mining bee, but have no idea which specie. What I really want to know is whether these bees are harmless. I do a lot of gardening and am allergic to bees, so I don't really want to be stung.
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Contributed by ograsdal on 6 May, 2018 - 9:57am
Last updated 19 May, 2018 - 7:22am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 19 May, 2018 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… hg, 17 May, 2018 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

Andrena, I think.
Andrena carlini? Small, harmless bees - they may not even be able to be stung. They nest in the ground, if you can avoid disturbing the nest site the flowers will appreciate it.
… Terry Miesle, 6 May, 2018 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Terry It does look
Thanks, Terry
It does look like Andrena carlini.
… ograsdal, 7 May, 2018 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

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