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  • IDmyBee
    • The project
    • Why IDmyBee ?
    • You can help
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    • List of genera
    • Andrenidae >
      • Andreninae >
        • Andrena
        • Cubiandrena
      • Panurginae >
        • Melitturga
        • Camptopoeum
        • Clavipanurgus
        • Flavipanurgus
        • Halopanurgus
        • Panurginus
        • Panurgus
        • Simpanurgus
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        • Amegilla
        • Anthophora
        • Habropoda
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        • Apis
        • Bombus
      • Eucerinae >
        • Tetralonia
        • Eucera
      • Nomadinae >
        • Ammobates
        • Chiasmognathus
        • Parammobatodes
        • Pasites
        • Ammobatoides
        • Schmiedeknechtia
        • Biastes
        • Epeolus
        • Triepeolus
        • Melecta
        • Thyreus
        • Nomada
        • Epeoloides
      • Xylocopinae >
        • Ceratina
        • Xylocopa
    • Colletidae >
      • Colletes
      • Hylaeus
    • Halictidae >
      • Halictinae >
        • Halictus
        • Seladonia
        • Lasioglossum
        • Thrincohalictus
        • Ceylalictus
        • Nomioides
        • Sphecodes
      • Nomiinae >
        • Nomiapis
        • Pseudapis
      • Rophitinae >
        • Dufourea
        • Rophites
        • Rhophitoides
        • Systropha
    • Megachilidae >
      • Lithurginae >
        • Lithurgus
      • Anthidiini >
        • Afranthidium
        • Anthidiellum
        • Anthidium
        • Eoanthidium
        • Icteranthidium
        • Pseudoanthidium
        • Rhodanthidium
        • Stelis
        • Trachusa
      • Dioxyini >
        • Aglaoapis
        • Dioxys
        • Ensliniana
        • Metadioxys
        • Paradioxys
      • Megachilini >
        • Coelioxys
        • Megachile
      • Osmiini >
        • Chelostoma
        • Haetosmia
        • Heriades
        • Hofferia
        • Hoplitis
        • Osmia
        • Protosmia
        • Stenoheriades
    • Melittidae >
      • Dasypoda
      • Macropis
      • Melitta
  • Tutorial
    • How to use IDmyBee?
    • Online ID tools (Xper3)
    • Is it a bee?
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    • Bibliography
    • Online resources
  • News
  • Contact us
  • IDmyBee
    • The project
    • Why IDmyBee ?
    • You can help
    • The team
  • Bee Taxa
    • List of genera
    • Andrenidae >
      • Andreninae >
        • Andrena
        • Cubiandrena
      • Panurginae >
        • Melitturga
        • Camptopoeum
        • Clavipanurgus
        • Flavipanurgus
        • Halopanurgus
        • Panurginus
        • Panurgus
        • Simpanurgus
    • Apidae >
      • Anthophorinae >
        • Ancyla
        • Tarsalia
        • Amegilla
        • Anthophora
        • Habropoda
      • Apinae >
        • Apis
        • Bombus
      • Eucerinae >
        • Tetralonia
        • Eucera
      • Nomadinae >
        • Ammobates
        • Chiasmognathus
        • Parammobatodes
        • Pasites
        • Ammobatoides
        • Schmiedeknechtia
        • Biastes
        • Epeolus
        • Triepeolus
        • Melecta
        • Thyreus
        • Nomada
        • Epeoloides
      • Xylocopinae >
        • Ceratina
        • Xylocopa
    • Colletidae >
      • Colletes
      • Hylaeus
    • Halictidae >
      • Halictinae >
        • Halictus
        • Seladonia
        • Lasioglossum
        • Thrincohalictus
        • Ceylalictus
        • Nomioides
        • Sphecodes
      • Nomiinae >
        • Nomiapis
        • Pseudapis
      • Rophitinae >
        • Dufourea
        • Rophites
        • Rhophitoides
        • Systropha
    • Megachilidae >
      • Lithurginae >
        • Lithurgus
      • Anthidiini >
        • Afranthidium
        • Anthidiellum
        • Anthidium
        • Eoanthidium
        • Icteranthidium
        • Pseudoanthidium
        • Rhodanthidium
        • Stelis
        • Trachusa
      • Dioxyini >
        • Aglaoapis
        • Dioxys
        • Ensliniana
        • Metadioxys
        • Paradioxys
      • Megachilini >
        • Coelioxys
        • Megachile
      • Osmiini >
        • Chelostoma
        • Haetosmia
        • Heriades
        • Hofferia
        • Hoplitis
        • Osmia
        • Protosmia
        • Stenoheriades
    • Melittidae >
      • Dasypoda
      • Macropis
      • Melitta
  • Tutorial
    • How to use IDmyBee?
    • Online ID tools (Xper3)
    • Is it a bee?
    • Bee anatomy
    • Genus page guide
    • How to cite IDmyBee?
  • Bibliography
    • Bibliography
    • Online resources
  • News
  • Contact us

An online platform to help you with


European   wild   bee  




identification

With more than 2 000 species of wild bees in Europe, identifying a bee can quickly become overwhelming. Some bee species can be identified pretty much by anyone. For others, it is not possible to assign a species name without a careful examination, comparison with reference specimens, or even an expert's eye.

This platform was designed to help you navigate through the tremendous diversity of wild bees. Its goal is to let you estimate whether you can assign your specimen to a genus or a species with confidence and, if you can, what to look for to do so.

Start identifying your bees

Go to the corresponding genus webpage to find keys and information (up there or here).
If you don't know which genus to choose, you can use our tool below:
IDmyBee - Genera
V0.2 - 'Beta-ORBIT'*
First time using our tool? Here is a tutorial!
Once it is done, you can improve your ID using the corresponding 'Bee Taxa' webpage (list here).
* IDmyBee - Genera has spent years in beta-test phase. Please use it in combination with other keys and send us your feedbacks so we can make more .
DISCLAIMER
IDmyBee is a free platform, managed by researchers on a voluntary basis. It is a tool to help identification and should not be considered as sufficient to guarantee the identification of specimens. As such, it cannot be held accountable for identification mistakes made while using the platform. Comparison with reference specimens and discussion with specialists is highly recommended to obtain the most reliable identifications.


In addition, the project is still at its inception. The synthesis of the bee taxonomic knowledge and the development of identification tools is a huge work. It will require hundreds of hours of bibliographic work, natural history collection visits, specimen observation, macrophotography and drawing.
Unfortunately this work is currently poorly recognized in academia and by the funding agencies, so that only few researchers can dedicate a part of their time to this project. As such, IDmyBee may evolve slowly. We apologize in advance for this inconvenience and we hope that, even if the tools take time to develop, the platform will help you access the right sources of knowledge for your identifications.

How can you help?

  • Tell us if you see a problem. If you identify a problem in one of the tools or in a page, please inform us through the contact form so that we can correct it. Such a huge project is bound to contain mistakes and typos, it would really help us to have help to correct them.
  • Cite IDmyBee in your studies. As mentioned earlier, academic recognition is minimal for such work. Academic recognition is required to obtain funding. You can therefore help us dedicate more time to improve this platform by simply acknowledging that IDmyBee is a scientific work and by citing the proper reference(s) when using an IDmyBee tool in your study. Such a practice is currently done for statistical bioinformatic packages like R, for example. There is no reason it should not be extended to taxonomic work.
  • Help us find funding. If you want to become a sponsor of IDmyBee, or if you know of institutions or foundations who could become sponsor, please contact us. We need funding to get material and to hire people who can dedicate their time to develop IDmyBee faster.

Find out more about how you could contribute to IDmyBee here!
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