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beelab.osu.edu COMMON BEES OF OHIO Photo credit: Jack Dykinga, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org Photo credit: Kevin Matteson Photo credit: Gideon Pisanty Photo credit: David Cappaert, Michigan State University Photo credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar Photo credit: Denise Ellsworth Photo credit: Donna K. Race Photo credit: Nelson Debarros Photo credit: Ted Kropiewnicki Bumble bee Bombus spp. Size: 8–21 mm Large carpenter bee Xylocopa spp. Size: 15–23 mm Honey bee Apis mellifera Size: 12–15 mm Small carpenter bee Ceratina spp. Size: 5–8 mm Mason bee Osmia spp. Size: 7–16 mm Mason bee (metallic form) Osmia spp. Size: 7–16 mm Leaf cutting bee Megachile spp. Size: 7–15 mm Giant resin bee Megachile sculpturalis Size: 13–25 mm Wool carder bee Anthidium spp. Size: 11–17 mm The Ohio State University is an Armative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution. For more information: go.osu.edu/cfaesdiversity.
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COMMON BEES OF OHIO€¦ · Squash bee Peponapis pruinosa Size: 11Ð14 mm Longhorned bee Melissodes spp. Size: 8Ð16 mm Mining bee Andrena spp. Size: 5.5Ð15 mm Polyester bee Colletes

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Page 1: COMMON BEES OF OHIO€¦ · Squash bee Peponapis pruinosa Size: 11Ð14 mm Longhorned bee Melissodes spp. Size: 8Ð16 mm Mining bee Andrena spp. Size: 5.5Ð15 mm Polyester bee Colletes

beelab.osu.edu

COMMON BEES OF OHIO

Photo credit: Jack Dykinga, USDA Agricultural Research Service,

Bugwood.org

Photo credit: Kevin Matteson

Photo credit: Gideon Pisanty

Photo credit: David Cappaert, Michigan State University

Photo credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Photo credit: Denise Ellsworth

Photo credit: Donna K. Race

Photo credit: Nelson Debarros

Photo credit: Ted Kropiewnicki

Bumble bee Bombus spp.Size: 8–21 mm

Large carpenter beeXylocopa spp.Size: 15–23 mm

Honey beeApis melliferaSize: 12–15 mm

Small carpenter beeCeratina spp.Size: 5–8 mm

Mason beeOsmia spp.

Size: 7–16 mmMason bee (metallic form)

Osmia spp.Size: 7–16 mm

Leaf cutting beeMegachile spp.

Size: 7–15 mm

Giant resin beeMegachile sculpturalis

Size: 13–25 mmWool carder bee

Anthidium spp.Size: 11–17 mm

The Ohio State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution. For more information: go.osu.edu/cfaesdiversity.

Page 2: COMMON BEES OF OHIO€¦ · Squash bee Peponapis pruinosa Size: 11Ð14 mm Longhorned bee Melissodes spp. Size: 8Ð16 mm Mining bee Andrena spp. Size: 5.5Ð15 mm Polyester bee Colletes

Leaf cutting bee Worker bumble bee

Honey bee

Queen bumble bee

Large carpenter bee

Sweat bee

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Photo credit: Richard Bartz, Munich, Wikimedia Commons

Photo credit: Nelson Debarros

Photo credit: Denise Ellsworth

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

Photo credit: Julianna Tuell

Photo credit: Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org

Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

Photo credit: Ted Kropiewnicki

Photo credit: Joaquim Alves Gaspar

Squash beePeponapis pruinosa

Size: 11–14 mm

Longhorned beeMelissodes spp.

Size: 8–16 mmMining bee

Andrena spp.Size: 5.5–15 mm

Polyester beeColletes spp.Size: 8–15 mm

Green sweat beeHalictidae spp.Size: 3.5–11 mm

Dark sweat beeHalictidae spp.Size: 3.5–11 mm

Wasp: Not a bee

Cuckoo beeCoelioxys spp.

Size: 7–10 mmFly: Not a bee