Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)

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An introduction to Australian Native Bees can be found here:

https://www.aussiebee.com.au/beesinyourarea.html

The identification of bees from photographs can be difficult as tiny details on the animals have to be seen. Michael Batley, our moderator for bees has begun a trial identification tool for bees. The test groups are Megachilid bees and Hylaeine bees found in the Sydney basin and Blue Mountains.

If you want to try the identification tools, the addresses for the two groups are below:-

Megachilid bees

Hylaeine bees

Bees (Hymenoptera, Apiformes)

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Discussion

DiBickers wrote:

5 hrs ago

All good @PaperbarkNativeBees 💚

Apis mellifera

PaperbarkNativeBees wrote:

6 hrs ago

Thanks for confirming @DiBickers :)

Apis mellifera

DiBickers wrote:

Yesterday

@SapphFire the hind legs in these photos looks like this could be a Lipotriches (but I’m not an expert). I’ll pop it in as a Suggestion & see what others with more experience with bees thinks😊

Lipotriches sp. (genus)

DiBickers wrote:

Yesterday

@SapphFire happy to help😊

Amphylaeus (Agogenohylaeus) obscuriceps

SapphFire wrote:

Yesterday

@DiBickers Thank you!

Amphylaeus (Agogenohylaeus) obscuriceps