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.
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:
If you don't know which genus to choose, you can use our tool below:
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 .
* 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.
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?
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