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Identify your bees
Only Honeybees are kept in beekeeping, but with 270 species of bee in the uk, you may need help identifying which bees you have before.....Here are just a few of the wonderful and colourful bees in the UK.
Identify your bees: Programs
Honeybee (Apis Mellifera Mellifera)
Asian hornet
(This hornet must be reported if found)
European hornet
Wasp (Yellow Jacket)
White tailed bumblebee
Red tailed Bumblebee
Tree Bumblebee
Common Carder Bee
Mason Bee
Leafcutter Bee
Wool Carder Bee
Tawny Mining Bee
Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Greeneyed Flower Bee
Ashy Mining Bee
Wasp mimic hoverfly
Identify your bees: Features
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