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Bees: Order Hymenoptera

          With the exception of the Honey and Woolcarder Bees, all the bees in this gallery are natives. Typically, native bees
          build a tunnel or burrow of some kind. They then stock it with pollen, lay one or more eggs, then seal the opening.

          Bumblebees collect both pollen and nectar, but do not make honey. They store nectar as a thin
          unprocessed liquid that can last only a few days; thus, they do not build a food supply for winter.

          Honeybees have barbed stingers that can be used only once. Other bees (also wasps) have
          stingers that can be used repeatedly. Bee families represented by iNaturalist photos:

       
          
         
Andrenidae: Mining Bees
Andrenidae: Mining Bees
Apidae: Bumblees
Apidae: Bumblees
Apidae: Carpenter Bees
Apidae: Carpenter Bees
Apidae: Cuckoo Bees
Apidae: Cuckoo Bees
Apidae: Digger Bees
Apidae: Digger Bees
Apidae: Honey Bees
Apidae: Honey Bees
Colletidae: Cellophane Bees
Colletidae: Cellophane Bees
Halictidae: Sweat Bees
Halictidae: Sweat Bees
Megachilidae: Mason and Leafcutter Bees
Megachilidae: Mason and Leafcutter Bees