Bees in a Constantia Hills garden

The 21 species observed show that gardens with mainly locally indigenous plant play a vital role for local insects, and thereby other wildlife. Endemic Cape Honybees are social, living in wild nests of varying sizes and made-made hives of up to 40,000 bees. All other bees are neo-social or ...more ↓

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Cellophane Masked Bee Hylaeus heraldicus ¹
Hylaeus heraldicus

Membrane Bees Scrapter ²
Scrapter

Flower-lover Digger Bees Anthophora ³
Anthophora

Banded Digger Bee Amegilla acraensis ⁴
Amegilla acraensis

Neon Cuckoo Bees Thyreus ⁵
Thyreus

Cape Honey Bee Apis mellifera capensis ⁶
Apis mellifera capensis

Small Carpenter Bees Allodape ⁷
Allodape

Small Carpenter Bees Allodapula ⁸
Allodapula

Small Carpenter Bees Ceratina ⁹
Ceratina

Doubleband Carpenter Bee Xylocopa caffra ¹⁰
Xylocopa caffra

Keurboom Carpenter Bee Xylocopa capitata ¹¹
Xylocopa capitata

Small Burrowing Bees Nomioidinae ¹²
Nomioidinae

Sweat Bees Lasioglossum ¹³
Lasioglossum

Steppe Bees Seladonia ¹⁴
Seladonia

Mason Bees Osmiini ¹⁵
Osmiini

Carder Bees Anthidium ¹⁶
Anthidium

African Carder Bee Pseudoanthidium repetitum ¹⁷
Pseudoanthidium repetitum

Sharptail Cuckoo Bees Coelioxys ¹⁸
Coelioxys

Leafcutter Bees Megachile ¹⁹
Megachile

Woodborer Bees Lithurgus ²⁰
Lithurgus

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Bees in a Constantia Hills garden

Cellophane Masked Bee Hylaeus heraldicus 1 Hylaeus heraldicus

Membrane Bees Scrapter 2 Scrapter

Flower-lover Digger Bees Anthophora 3 Anthophora

Banded Digger Bee Amegilla acraensis 4 Amegilla acraensis

Neon Cuckoo Bees Thyreus 5 Thyreus

Cape Honey Bee Apis mellifera capensis 6 Apis mellifera capensis

Small Carpenter Bees Allodape 7 Allodape

Small Carpenter Bees Allodapula 8 Allodapula

Small Carpenter Bees Ceratina 9 Ceratina

Doubleband Carpenter Bee Xylocopa caffra 10 Xylocopa caffra

Keurboom Carpenter Bee Xylocopa capitata 11 Xylocopa capitata

Small Burrowing Bees Nomioidinae 12 Nomioidinae

Sweat Bees Lasioglossum 13 Lasioglossum

Steppe Bees Seladonia 14 Seladonia

Mason Bees Osmiini 15 Osmiini

Carder Bees Anthidium 16 Anthidium

African Carder Bee Pseudoanthidium repetitum 17 Pseudoanthidium repetitum

Sharptail Cuckoo Bees Coelioxys 18 Coelioxys

Leafcutter Bees Megachile 19 Megachile

Woodborer Bees Lithurgus 20 Lithurgus