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Common name : Orange -Tail Mining bee
Latin: Andrena (Trachandrena) haemorrhoa Family: Andrena
- Flight period: univoltine, March-July
- Size: 8-10mm female, 7-9.5 mm male
- Nesting habits: Dead wood cavity in walls, bee hotels in hollow sticks.
- Status : common south and east coast
- Biodata Link: External Link To Biodata
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Common name : Honey Bee
Latin: Apis mellifera Family: Apis
- Flight period: March – November
- Size:10-11mm -queen, 9-1omm- worker 12-13.5 male
- Nesting habits: Hollow trees, roof nests
- Status : widespread but disappearing
- Biodata Link: External Link To Biodata
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Common name : Red-Tailed Bumble bee
Latin: Bombus lapidarius Family: Bombus
- Flight period: Mid Feb – Oct
- Size:17mm queen, 12mm worker & male
- Nesting habits: underground
- Status : widespread in Ireland- near threatened
- Biodata Link: External Link To Biodata
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Common name : White -Tailed Bumble bee
Latin: Bombus lucorum Family: Bombus
- Flight period: Jan – Dec
- Size:16mm queen, 12mm worker,14mm male
- Nesting habits: underground in old rodent burrows
- Status : widespread in Ireland
- Biodata Link: External Link To Biodata
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Common name : Early Bumble Bee
Latin: Bombus pratorum Family: Bombus
- Flight period: Mid June – early Sept
- Size:13mm queen, 10mm worker & male
- Nesting habits: Holes in trees,underground, in vegetation.
- Status : widespread
- Biodata Link: External Link To Biodata
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Common name : Patch work leafcutter bee
Latin: Megachile Centuncularis Family: Megachile
- Flight period: Mid June – early Sept
- Size: 7-8.5mm female, 7-8mm male
- Nesting habits: Dead wood cavity in walls, bee hotels in hollow sticks.
- Status : rare threatened species :Near threatened
- Biodata Link: External Link To Biodata
