Andrena forbesii in Maryland (? string:0 ?/? string:0 ?).
A female Andrena forbesii in Maryland.
A female Andrena forbesii in Maryland.
A female Andrena forbesii in Maryland(5/31/2013). Photographed by Wayne Boo.
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Status
There is a group of bees in the genus Andrena that form a fairly distinct subgenus called Tracandrena. They are notorious for being difficult to separate out and, in particular, the males all look pretty much the same. Sam Droege has an Excel spreadsheet that helps distinguish females. This species is fairly common in the spring, when it collects pollen from a wide variety of woody plants. (S. Droege, pers. comm.)
Description
Nests are categorized as ground burrows, and social behavior is categorized as solitary to communal (Selfridge et al., 2017).
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A female Andrena forbesii in Maryland (6/27/2013).
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A female Andrena forbesii in Maryland(5/31/2013). Photographed by Wayne Boo.
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Andrenidae |
| Genus: | Andrena |
| Species: | A. forbesii
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| Andrena forbesii Robertson, 1891
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The Forbes's miner bee[1] (Andrena forbesii) is a species of miner bee in the family Andrenidae. Another common name for this species is the Forbes' andrena. It is found in North America.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada". National General Status Working Group. 2020.
- ^ "Andrena forbesii Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Andrena forbesii". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Andrena forbesii species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
[edit]- Ascher, J.S.; Pickering, J. (2019). "Discover Life bee species guide and world checklist (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- Michener, Charles D. (2007). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0801885730.
External links
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