A Pictorial Guide to Bees
of the
Humboldt Bay Dunes
by Susan E. Nyoka
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge

RELEASE 1.0 - July 2004
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How to Recognize a Bee
Common Name Scientific Name Image
Silver bee Habropoda miserabilis photo of a silver bee
Sweat bee Lasioglossum pavonotum photo of a sweat bee
Mason bee Osmia integra Mason bee photo
Carpenter bee Ceratina acantha Carpenter bee photo
Wool-carder bee Anthidium palliventre Wool-carder bee photo
Mining bee Colletes hyalinus oregonensis Mining bee photo
Leaf-cutter bee Megachile wheeleri Leaf-cutter bee photo
(no common name) Stelis leucotricha Stelis leucotricha photo
(no common name) Epeolus minimus Epeolus minimus photo
(no common name) Coelioxys rufitarsus Coelioxys rufitarsus photo
Bumble bee Bombus vosnesenskii bumble bee photo
Honey bee Apis mellifera honey bee photo