GA Bee Species List

Bee species found in the state of Georgia

Currently there are 542 species listed in Georgia* 

* These numbers are climbing, our current survey has added more than 30 bees to this list!

Abundance for each bee species was based on two years of data.  Approximately 2000-3000 bees are collected and examined each year.  Abundant bee species would make of 5% or more of a random sample (5+ bees out of a sample of 100 bees), while common bee species make up 1% or more of a random sample. Uncommon bee species are quite a find, since they occur in less than 1% of the sample.  Mostly likely you will need to sample or view 100’s of bees to find one of these bees.  Rare bee species are really special, they make up only 1 bee in 1000 specimens. You could look all year for one of these rare specimens and not find it.  Species with a blank next to them have not yet been collected by the study.

Bee Species Abundance based on our study
Agapostemon sericeus Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Agapostemon splendens Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Agapostemon texanus
Agapostemon virescens Common (more than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena accepta
Andrena aliciae
Andrena alleghaniensis
Andrena andrenoides
Andrena asteris
Andrena asteroides
Andrena atlantica Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena banksi
Andrena barbara Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena barbilabris Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena bisalicis Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena bradleyi Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena brevipalpis
Andrena carlini Common (more than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena carolina Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena ceanothi
Andrena cerebrata
Andrena commoda Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena confederata Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena cornelli
Andrena crataegi Abundant (more than 5% of specimens collected)
Andrena cressonii_cressonii Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena dimorpha Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena distans
Andrena dunningi Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena duplicata
Andrena erigeniae
Andrena erythronii Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena erythrogaster
Andrena fenningeri Uncommon ( than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena forbesii Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena fragilis
Andrena frigida
Andrena fulvipennis
Andrena gardineri
Andrena geranii Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena heraclei
Andrena hilaris Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena hippotes
Andrena hirticincta
Andrena ignota
Andrena ilicis Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Andrena illini
Andrena imitatrix Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Andrena integra Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena krigiana Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena lamelliterga
Andrena macoupinensis Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena macra Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena mandibularis
Andrena mariae
Andrena melanochroa Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena mendica
Andrena milwaukeensis
Andrena miserabilis Uncommon ( less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena morrisonella Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena nasonii Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Andrena neonana Uncommon (less than1% of specimens collected)
Andrena nida
Andrena nigrae Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena nivalis Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena nubecula
Andrena nuda Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena obscuripennis Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena peckhami
Andrena perplexa Common (more than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena personata Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena placata Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena platyparia
Andrena pruni Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Andrena regularis
Andrena rehni
Andrena rubi Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena rudbeckiae
Andrena rugosa Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Andrena salictaria Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena sayi Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Andrena simplex
Andrena spiraeana
Andrena thaspii
Andrena tridens Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena uvulariae
Andrena vicina
Andrena violae Common (more than 1% of specimens collected )
Andrena virginiana
Andrena w-scripta
Andrena wheeleri Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena wilkella Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena wilmattae
Andrena ziziae Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Andrena ziziaeformis Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Anthidiellum breviusculum
Anthidiellum notatum notatum Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Anthidiellum perplexum
Anthidiellum strigatum
Anthidium maculifrons
Anthidium manicatum Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Anthidium oblongatum
Anthophora abrupta
Anthophora bomboides
Anthophora terminalis Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Anthophora ursina
Anthophorula micheneri
Apis mellifera (The honeybee) Abundant (more than 5% of specimens collected)
Ashmeadiella bucconis
Ashmeadiella floridana
Augochlora pura Common (more than 1% of specimens collected )
Augochlorella aurata Common (more than 1% of specimens collected)
Augochlorella gratiosa
Augochlorella persimilis
Augochloropsis anonyma
Augochloropsis metallica Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Augochloropsis sumptuosa
Bombus affinis
Bombus auricomus Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Bombus bimaculatus Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Bombus citrinus
Bombus fernaldae
Bombus fervidus
Bombus fraternus
Bombus griseocollis Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Bombus impatiens Common (more than 1% of   specimens collected)
Bombus insularis
Bombus pensylvanicus Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Bombus perplexus
Bombus sandersoni Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Bombus ternarius
Bombus terricola
Bombus vagans
Bombus variabilis
Calliopsis andreniformis Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Calliopsis coloradensis
Caupolicana electa
Centris lanosa
Ceratina calcarata Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Ceratina cockerelli
Ceratina dupla Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Ceratina floridana
Ceratina mikmaqi
Ceratina strenua Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Chelostoma philadelphi
Coelioxys alternata
Coelioxys banksi
Coelioxys coturnix
Coelioxys dolichos Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Coelioxys edita
Coelioxys funeraria
Coelioxys galactiae
Coelioxys germana
Coelioxys hunteri
Coelioxys immaculata
Coelioxys mexicana
Coelioxys mitchelli
Coelioxys modesta
Coelioxys moesta
Coelioxys obtusiventris
Coelioxys octodentata
Coelioxys porterae
Coelioxys rufitarsis
Coelioxys sayi Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Coelioxys slossoni
Colletes aestivalis
Colletes americanus
Colletes banksi
Colletes brevicornis
Colletes brimleyi
Colletes compactus
Colletes distinctus
Colletes howardi
Colletes inaequalis
Colletes kincaidii
Colletes latitarsis
Colletes mandibularis
Colletes nudus
Colletes phaceliae
Colletes productus Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Colletes simulans
Colletes solidaginis
Colletes speculiferus
Colletes thoracicus Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Colletes thysanellae
Colletes titusensis
Colletes validus
Colletes willistoni
Colletes wilmattae
Dianthidium curvatum
Dieunomia heteropoda
Dieunomia nevadensis
Epeoloides pilosula
Epeolus australis
Epeolus autumnalis
Epeolus banksi
Epeolus bifasciatus
Epeolus carolinus
Epeolus erigeronis
Epeolus glabratus
Epeolus ilicis
Epeolus interruptus
Epeolus lectoides
Epeolus pusillus
Epeolus zonatus
Eucera atriventris
Eucera dubitata
Eucera fulvohirta
Eucera hamata Common (more than1% of specimens collected )
Eucera rosae Uncommon (less than1% of specimens collected )
Exomalopsis analis
Exomalopsis similis
Florilegus condignus
Habropoda laboriosa Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Halictus confusus Uncommon (less than1% of specimens collected)
Halictus ligatus Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Halictus parallelus Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Halictus poeyi Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Halictus rubicundus Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Halictus tectus
Heriades carinata
Heriades leavitti
Heriades variolosa
Hesperapis oraria
Holcopasites calliopsidis Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Holcopasites illinoiensis
Hoplitis micheneri
Hoplitis nemophilae
Hoplitis pilosifrons Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Hoplitis producta Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Hoplitis simplex
Hoplitis spoliata
Hoplitis truncata
Hylaeus affinis
Hylaeus annulatus
Hylaeus confluens Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Hylaeus fedorica
Hylaeus floridanus
Hylaeus georgicus
Hylaeus leptocephalus
Hylaeus mesillae Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Hylaeus modestus
Hylaeus nelumbonis
Hylaeus ornatus
Hylaeus saniculae Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Hylaeus schwarzii
Hylaeus sparsus
Lasioglossum abanci
Lasioglossum achilleae
Lasioglossum admirandum Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum alachuense
Lasioglossum albipenne
Lasioglossum anomalum
Lasioglossum apocyni Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum apopkense
Lasioglossum asteris Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum batya
Lasioglossum birkmanni
Lasioglossum bruneri
Lasioglossum callidum Common (more than 1% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum cattellae
Lasioglossum ceanothi
Lasioglossum cinctipes
Lasioglossum coeruleum
Lasioglossum coreopsis Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum coriaceum
Lasioglossum creberrimum
Lasioglossum cressonii Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum ellisiae
Lasioglossum fattigi
Lasioglossum forbesii
Lasioglossum foxii Common (more than 1% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum fuscipenne Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum gotham Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum halophitum
Lasioglossum hartii
Lasioglossum hitchensi Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum illinoense Uncommon (less than1 % of specimens collected )
Lasioglossum imitatum Abundant (more than 5% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum katherineae
Lasioglossum laevissimum
Lasioglossum leucocomum
Lasioglossum leucozonium Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum leviense
Lasioglossum lineatulum Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum lionotum
Lasioglossum longifrons
Lasioglossum lustrans Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum macoupinense
Lasioglossum marinum
Lasioglossum michiganense
Lasioglossum nelumbonis
Lasioglossum nigroviride
Lasioglossum nymphaearum
Lasioglossum nymphale
Lasioglossum oblongum
Lasioglossum obscurum Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum oenotherae
Lasioglossum pectorale
Lasioglossum perpunctatum
Lasioglossum pilosum Abundant (more than 5% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum platyparium Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum puteulanum Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Lasioglossum quebecense
Lasioglossum raleighense
Lasioglossum reticulatum
Lasioglossum rozeni Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum simplex Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum smilacinae
Lasioglossum sopinci Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum subviridatum
Lasioglossum tarponense
Lasioglossum tegulare Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum timothyi
Lasioglossum trigeminum Uncommon (less than1% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum truncatum
Lasioglossum versans Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Lasioglossum versatum Uncommon (less than1% of specimens collected)
Lasioglossum vierecki
Lasioglossum viridatum Common (more than 1% of specimens collected )
Lasioglossum weemsi
Lasioglossum zephyrum Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Lithurgopsis antilleorum
Lithurgopsis gibbosa
Macropis ciliata
Macropis patellata
Macropis steironematis
Megachile addenda
Megachile albitarsis Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Megachile brevis
Megachile brimleyi
Megachile campanulae
Megachile centuncularis
Megachile concinna Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Megachile deflexa
Megachile exilis Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Megachile frigida
Megachile frugalis
Megachile gemula
Megachile georgica
Megachile inermis
Megachile ingenua
Megachile inimica
Megachile integra
Megachile integrella Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Megachile latimanus
Megachile mendica Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Megachile mucida Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Megachile oenotherae
Megachile parallela
Megachile petulans
Megachile policaris
Megachile pruina
Megachile pseudobrevis
Megachile pugnata
Megachile relativa
Megachile rotundata Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Megachile rubi
Megachile rugifrons
Megachile sculpturalis
Megachile texana
Megachile townsendiana
Megachile xylocopoides Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Melissodes agilis Uncommon (less than1% of specimens collected)
Melissodes apicata
Melissodes bimaculata Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Melissodes boltoniae
Melissodes communis
Melissodes comptoides
Melissodes denticulata
Melissodes dentiventris
Melissodes desponsa Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Melissodes druriella Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Melissodes fimbriata
Melissodes fumosa
Melissodes iliata Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Melissodes manipularis
Melissodes mitchelli
Melissodes nivea
Melissodes pilleata
Melissodes tepaneca Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Melissodes tincta Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Melissodes trinodis Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Melitta americana
Melitta eickworti
Melitta melittoides
Melitoma taurea Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Neolarra cockerelli
Nomada affabilis
Nomada annulata
Nomada articulata Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Nomada augustiana
Nomada australis
Nomada banksi
Nomada bethunei Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Nomada Bi-Dentate species Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Nomada cressonii Uncommon (less than1% of specimens collected)
Nomada crudelis
Nomada denticulata
Nomada depressa
Nomada fervida
Nomada florilega
Nomada fragariae
Nomada gracilis
Nomada illinoensis
Nomada imbricata Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Nomada integerrima
Nomada luteola Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Nomada luteoloides
Nomada micheneri
Nomada miniata
Nomada obliterata
Nomada parva Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Nomada placida
Nomada pygmaea
Nomada rubicunda
Nomada sayi
Nomada seneciophila
Nomada sulphurata
Nomada superba
Nomada texana
Nomada tiftonensis
Nomada valida
Nomada vegana
Nomada vicina
Nomia maneei
Nomia nortoni
Osmia albiventris
Osmia atriventris
Osmia bucephala
Osmia caerulescens
Osmia chalybea
Osmia collinsiae Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Osmia conjuncta
Osmia cornifrons Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Osmia distincta
Osmia felti
Osmia georgica Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Osmia inspergens
Osmia lignaria Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Osmia proxima
Osmia pumila Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Osmia sandhouseae Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Osmia subfasciata Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Osmia taurus Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected)
Osmia texana
Panurginus atramontensis Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Panurginus polytrichus Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Panurginus potentillae Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Peponapis pruinosa Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Perdita bequaerti
Perdita bishoppi
Perdita blatchleyi Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Perdita boltoniae
Perdita bradleyi
Perdita consobrina
Perdita discreta
Perdita floridensis
Perdita georgica
Perdita gerardiae
Perdita gerhardi
Perdita halictoides
Perdita mitchelli
Perdita novaeangliae
Perdita nubila
Perdita obscurata
Perdita octomaculata
Perdita polygonellae
Perdita townesi
Protandrena abdominalis
Pseudopanurgus albitarsis
Pseudopanurgus andrenoides
Pseudopanurgus compositarum
Pseudopanurgus illinoiensis
Pseudopanurgus labrosiformis
Pseudopanurgus labrosus
Pseudopanurgus nebrascensis
Pseudopanurgus parvus
Pseudopanurgus passiflorae
Pseudopanurgus pauper
Pseudopanurgus rugosus
Pseudopanurgus solidaginis
Pseudopanurgus virginicus
Ptilothrix bombiformis Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Sphecodes antennariae Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Sphecodes aroniae
Sphecodes atlantis
Sphecodes autumnalis
Sphecodes banksii
Sphecodes brachycephalus
Sphecodes carolinus Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Sphecodes clematidis
Sphecodes confertus
Sphecodes coronus
Sphecodes cressonii
Sphecodes dichrous
Sphecodes heraclei
Sphecodes mandibularis
Sphecodes minor
Sphecodes prosphorus Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Sphecodes ranunculi Uncommon (less than 1% of specimens collected )
Sphecodes townsei Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Stelis ater
Stelis australis
Stelis diversicolor
Stelis foederalis
Stelis grossa
Stelis labiata
Stelis lateralis
Stelis louisae Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Svastra aegis
Svastra atripes
Svastra compta
Svastra obliqua Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Svastra petulca
Tetraloniella cressoniana
Trachusa ridingsii
Trachusa zebrata
Triepeolus atripes
Triepeolus concavus
Triepeolus cressonii
Triepeolus distinctus
Triepeolus donatus
Triepeolus georgicus
Triepeolus helianthi
Triepeolus lunatus
Triepeolus micropygius
Triepeolus mitchelli
Triepeolus monardae
Triepeolus nevadensis
Triepeolus nigrihirtus Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Triepeolus pectoralis
Triepeolus quadrifasciatus atlanticus
Triepeolus remigatus
Triepeolus rhododontus
Triepeolus rufithorax
Triepeolus rugosus
Triepeolus simplex
Xenoglossa kansensis
Xenoglossa strenua Rare (1-2 specimens collected per year)
Xylocopa micans
Xylocopa virginica Common (more than 1% of specimens collected)

* The current study has added 32 new state records for the state of Georgia