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Photograph Gallery
of Australian Native Bees

Click on each small image below to see:
-- larger images; and
-- other photographs of that bee.

© 1997-2008 Australian Native Bee Research Centre
PO Box 74, North Richmond NSW 2754, Australia
Fax: 02-4576 1196

....FAMILY APIDAE

Stingless Bee
*(Trigona carbonaria)*
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Great Carpenter Bee
*(Xylocopa)*
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Metallic Carpenter Bee
(*Xylocopa (Lestis))*
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Reed Bee
*(Exoneura)*
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Cuckoo Bee
*(Thyreus)*
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Blue Banded Bee
*(Amegilla)*
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Teddy Bear Bee
(*Amegilla (Asaropoda))*
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Dawson's Burrowing Bee
*(Amegilla dawsoni)*
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....FAMILY MEGACHILIDAE

Leafcutter Bee
*( Megachile)*
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Resin Bee
(recently renamed *Megachile*)
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....FAMILY HALICTIDAE

*Homalictus* Bees
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Green & Gold Nomia Bees
(recently renamed
*Lipotriches australica*)
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....FAMILY COLLETIDAE

Wasp-Mimic Bee
*(Hyleoides concinna)*
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Banksia Bee
*(Hylaeus alcyoneus)*
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*Hylaeus nubilosus*
(one of the Masked Bees)
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The World's Smallest Bee
*(Quasihesma)*
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Feathery Leioproctus Bee
*(Leioproctus plumosus)*
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Which of the above bees are in your area of Australia?
What types of nests do these bees build?
Find out the answers to these questions in our Introductory Guide!