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Bees A-Z
Andrena Miner Bee

Andrena Miner Bee

Andrena

January - Fall (but primarily January - April)

Ashmeadiella

Ashmeadiella

Ashmeadiella

Summer

Bindweed Turret Bee

Bindweed Turret Bee

Diadasia bituberculata

April to June

Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus

January - July (rarely as early as December)

California Bumble Bee

California Bumble Bee

Bombus californicus

February - September

California Digger Bee

California Digger Bee

Anthophora californicus

February - May; there may be a Fall generation too

California Digger-cuckoo Bee

California Digger-cuckoo Bee

Brachymelecta californica

June - August

California Fairy Bee

California Fairy Bee

Perdita californica

April - June, timed to blooming of Mariposa Lily

California Mountain Digger Bee

California Mountain Digger Bee

Habropoda depressa

February - early June

California Poppy Fairy Bee

California Poppy Fairy Bee

Perdita interrupta

April - June, timed to blooming of California Poppy

California Resin-Leafcutter Bee

California Resin-Leafcutter Bee

Trachusa perdita

April - June

California Rotund-Resin Bee

California Rotund-Resin Bee

Anthidiellum notatum robertsonii

May - August

Chelostoma californicum Scissor Bee

Chelostoma californicum Scissor Bee

Chelostoma californicum

April - June

Colletes Cellophane Bees

Colletes Cellophane Bees

Colletes

March - Fall

Dark Bees

Dark Bees

Stelis

April - June

Dianthidium

Dianthidium

Dianthidium

Late May - August

Edwards Digger Bee

Edwards Digger Bee

Anthophora edwardsii

Earlier Spring (starting late-February/early March)

Edwards Melectum

Edwards Melectum

Melecta edwardsii

March - early June

Eucera Longhorn Bee

Eucera Longhorn Bee

Eucera

March to June

Foothill Carpenter Bee

Foothill Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex

Later March - June

Hoplitis Mason Bee

Hoplitis Mason Bee

Hoplitis

April - early June.

Hylaeus Masked Bees

Hylaeus Masked Bees

Hylaeus

April - September

Lasioglossum

Lasioglossum

Lasioglossum

Early Spring – Fall

Lovely-tailed Mourning Bee

Lovely-tailed Mourning Bee

Melecta separata callura

March - May

Megachile Leafcutter Bee

Megachile Leafcutter Bee

Megachile

Summer

Melissodes Longhorn Bee

Melissodes Longhorn Bee

Melissodes

Late Summer to Fall

Nomad Bees

Nomad Bees

Nomada

February - June

Osmia Mason Bee

Osmia Mason Bee

Osmia

Primarily April - June, but Osmia ribifloris biedermannii appears from January.

Pacific Digger Bee

Pacific Digger Bee

Anthophora pacifica

February and March - not common.

Panurginus Miner Bee

Panurginus Miner Bee

Panurginus

Early Spring

Prong-faced Slender-Mason Bee

Prong-faced Slender-Mason Bee

Protosmia rubifloris

April - August

Red-tailed Micro-Shortface Bee

Red-tailed Micro-Shortface Bee

Micralictoides ruficaudus

April and May

Small Carpenter Bee

Small Carpenter Bee

Ceratina

March - July

Tripartite Sweat Bee

Tripartite Sweat Bee

Halictus tripartitus

March - November

Urbane Digger Bee

Urbane Digger Bee

Anthophora urbana

Late Spring - Early Fall

Valley Carpenter Bee

Valley Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa sonorina

March – September (Uncommon on Mount Diablo)

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Bombus vosnesenskii

January - September

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