Bees of Florida
Left to right, photos of a blanketflower and blueberry flowers with native bees.
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Keywords

Honey bee
Bumble bee
Sweat bee
Carpenter bee
Wild bee
Native bee
Leafcutter bee
Mason bee
Mining bee
Yellow-faced bee
Plasterer bee
Long-horned bee
Cuckoo bee

How to Cite

Weaver, James, Shiala M. Naranjo, Emily Noordyke, and Rachel Mallinger. 2020. “Bees of Florida: ENY-2046 IN1285, 12 2020”. EDIS 2020 (6). Gainesville, FL:2. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1285-2020.

Abstract

Did you know there are over 320 species of bees in Florida and over 4,000 in the United States? Wild bees vary widely in behavior, color, size, and shape. Written by James R. Weaver, Shiala M. Naranjo, Emily Noordyke, and Rachel E. Mallinger and published by the UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department, Bees of Florida is a two-page pdf guide to some common bee groups and species you may encounter in Florida.
https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in1285

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1285-2020
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