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