Dutch Bees
and their relations

Survey of solitairy and social living bees
(Apidea s.l.)
in The Netherlands and Flanders.		 Illustration: Dasypoda hirtipes © J. de Rond
Dasypoda hirtipes

The most comprehensive, digital overview of 211 bees (species or genus) in The Netherlands and Flanders. More than 56% of the species found in this area (in total 340) are endangered and on the Dutch Red List (RL). Public awareness of this situation is urgently needed.
This survey follows the C.D. Michener classification (Bees of the World, 2000, 2004).

Make your choice on the bee-genus and go further to the species menu. Or use the search-page. Also very usefull: the calendar.

New:  A nice photo bijenfoto.

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 Flying period Insect plants (dutch)
 dutch version
Superfamily/section
Family
Subfamily
Genus
Dutch name
Species
Number
Apoidae/Anthophila Colletidae Colletinae Colletes Zijdebijen 9011
    Hylaeinae Hylaeus Maskerbijen 21012
  Halictidae Rophitinae Rophites Slurfbijen * 1 031
      Dufourea Glansbijen * 4 032
    Halictinae Halictus Groefbijen 9 033
      Lasioglossum Groefbijen 40 034
      Sphecodes Bloedbijen 20 035
  Andrenidae Andreninae Andrena Zandbijen 72 021
    Panurginae Panurgus Roetbijen 2 022
  Melittidae Melittinae Melitta Dikpootbijen 4 042
    Macropidinae Macropis Slobkousbijen 2 041
  Dasypodidae Dasypodinae Dasypoda Pluimvoetbij 1 051
  Megachilidae Megachilinae Anthidium Wol- en Harsbijen 5 061
      Stelis Tubebijen 7 062
      Megachile Behangersbijen 13 063
      Coelioxys Kegelbijen 8 064
      Chelostoma Klokjesbijen 4 065
      Heriades Tronkenbijen 1 066
      Osmia Metselbijen 20 067
  Apidae Xylocopinae Ceratina Ertsbijen 1 075
      Xylocopa Houtbijen 1 076
    Nomadinae Nomada Wespbijen 43 074
      Ammobates Zandloperbijen * 1 071
      Biastes Pantserbijen * 1 072
      Epeolus Viltbijen 4 073
    Apinae Epeoloides Viltbijen 5 077
      Eucera Langhoornbijen 2 078
      Tetralonia Langhoornbijen * 1 079
      Anthophora Sachembijen 8 080
      Melecta Rouwbijen 2 081
      Thyreus Vlekkenbijen * 1 082
      Bombus Hommels 29 083
      Apis Honingbijen 1 084
Bee species or genera recently not found in The Netherlands are marked with a star * and they have no further detailed description in this guide. Some pages are still only in Dutch, apologize for that..

The survey 'Bedreigde en verdwenen bijen in Nederland' (Endangered and disappeared bees in The Netherlands) was published in 2003. Information from that report is used in this survey. Wikipedia has been used to complete the English text. Other sources: see Dutch version

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