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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
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Native Bee - Andrena - male
Copyright © 2020 James Pierce

Native Bee - Andrena - Male
Knoxville, Knox, East Tennessee Valley County, Tennessee, USA
April 2, 2020
Size: 1 inch
This little bee may or may not be an immature bee. It was just resting in the sun this morning. My first thought was a baby Bumble Bee but I'm not sure.

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Contributed by James Pierce on 2 April, 2020 - 5:02pm
Last updated 2 May, 2020 - 10:29am

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Bob Zuparko, 2 May, 2020 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

mining bee
Hi there,
My guess is a mining bee (genus Andrena, family Andrenidae). Once a bee pupates and emerges with wings, it's an adult - an 'immature' bee would be a legless larva! But we do have many native bees that have very similar coloration to bumblebees.
… Molly Jacobson, 2 April, 2020 - 10:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Great explanation! Also worth
Great explanation! Also worth mentioning is that many - in fact, almost all - other native bees are quite a bit smaller as adults than bumblebees, so could give off the impression of being 'babies'!
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 3 April, 2020 - 4:10am login or register to post comments

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