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Shrill carders are one of the rarest, and smallest, of all bumble bees, and they get their name from their distinctive high-pitch buzz

The western honey bee was one of the first domesticated insects, and with human assistance, now occupies every continent except Antarctica.

Leafcutter bees chew leaves or petals into fragments to build their nests, hence their common name. This is one of the largest genera of bees, with almost 1500 species

Male Long-horned bees are often deceived by bee orchids. These flowers not only look like bees in shape, colour and size, they also emit pheromones to trick unsuspecting males into thinking they are a potential mate.

Mining bees get their name from their nesting habits of digging tunnels underground which can be up to 40cm deep.

Rather than collecting pollen and transporting it on their legs like other bees, females collect pollen in hairs on the undersides of their abdomen, in a structure known as a pollen brush. When the pollen brush is full, the underside of the bee can look very bright and vibrant.

The UK’s smallest bee. The females mainly collect pollen from bellflowers and nest inside woodworm holes in dead wood. The males sleep inside flowers.

This large bee-fly is known a parasitoid of Tawny mining bees. The lookalike fly hovers in front of an open nest cavity and flicks its eggs inside with great precision and skill. Its offspring will hatch in the nest and consume the stored pollen, as well as the young solitary bees inside the nest!

Tree bumble bees nest in tree holes and other suitable structures, including empty bird boxes, and prefer habitats that others do not, allowing them to pollinate flowers in areas that many other species do not get to.

The most beautiful bee in the insect kingdom, they are jewel-like with metallic green heads and thoraxes and striped abdomens.

Compared to other bumblebee species, White Tail Bumble Bees have shorter tongues, and this characteristic enables them to rob nectar.

The world’s largest bee, as long as an adults thumb. They make their nests in termite mounds, which might explain why they are so rarely sighted. They were spotted for the first time in almost 40 years in 2019.