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BEE GUIDE - Part 1
GUIDE INTRODUCTION
BEE FAMILIES
BEE TRIBES - Megachilidae
LITHURGOPSIS - Cactus wood-borer bees
MEGACHILE - Leafcutter bees
COELIOXYS - Cuckoo leafcutter bees
OSMIA - Mason bees
HERIDADES - Resin bees
ASHMEADIELLA - Angled-mason bees
DIANTHIDIUM - Pebble bees
ANTHIDIELLUM - Rotund resin bees
STELIS - Cuckoo bees
CALLIOPSIS - Miner bees
GUIDE - Part 2
BEE TRIBES - Andrenidae
MESOXAEA & PROTOXAEA
ANDRENA - Mining bees
PROTANDRENA - Miner bees
PERDITA - Fairy bees
MACROTERA - Goblin bees
BEE TRIBES - Colletidae
PTILOGLOSSA - Feather-tongued bees
COLLETES - Cellophane bees
HYLAEUS - Masked bees
BEE TRIBES - Halictidae
AGAPOSTEMON - Striped sweat bees
AUGOCHLORINI - Green sweat bees
HALICTINI - Dark sweat bees
NOMIA & DIEUNOMIA
SPHECODES - Cuckoo bees
GUIDE - Part 3
BEE TRIBES - Family Apidae
MELITOMA - Chimney bees
DIADASIA - Chimney bees
ANCYLOSCELIS - Crooked-legged bees
ANTHOPHORULA & EXOMALOPSIS
MELISSODES - Long-horned bees
MELISSOPTILA - Long-horned bees
SVASTRA - Long-horned bees
EUCERA - Long-horned bees
FLORILEGUS - Long-horned bees
EPEOLUS & TRIEPEOLUS - Cuckoo bees
NOMADA - Cuckoo bees
LEIOPODUS - Cuckoo Bees
ANTHOPHORA - Digger bees
CENTRIS - Oil-digger bees
XYLOCOPINI - Carpenter bees
BOMBUS - Bumble bees
APIS - Honey bees & Killer bees
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