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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
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Honeybee (Apis Mellifera Mellifera)

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Asian hornet

(This hornet must be reported if found)

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European hornet

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Wasp (Yellow Jacket)

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White tailed bumblebee

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Red tailed Bumblebee

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Tree Bumblebee

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Common Carder Bee

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Mason Bee

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Leafcutter Bee

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Wool Carder Bee

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Tawny Mining Bee

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Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)

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Greeneyed Flower Bee

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Ashy Mining Bee

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Wasp mimic hoverfly

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UK Asbestos awareness

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UKBR Member

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British Beekeeping Member

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