{"id":10050,"date":"2021-10-14T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T21:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?p=10050"},"modified":"2021-10-15T10:52:39","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:52:39","slug":"indentifying-native-bee-species-of-north-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2021-10-14\/indentifying-native-bee-species-of-north-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Identifying Native Bee Species of North Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"pbs-viral-player-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-top: calc(56.25% + 43px);\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/viralplayer\/3060460896\/\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When you think about bees, do you think about honeybees? Do you picture them black, yellow, and striped? In this video, we spoke with Dr. Rachel Mallinger from the University of Florida&#8217;s Entomology and Nematology Department about the native bees of north Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/creating-a-bee-friendly-yard-in-north-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to learn more about how to create a bee-friendly yard in North Florida on our WFSUEcology Blog.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is a collection of bees I\u2019ve photographed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/backyard\/\">in my yard<\/a>, as well as on production shoots around our area. Florida has over 300 native species of bees, and there are over 500 in Georgia. This page will not list them all, however! Instead, you\u2019ll see the bees that might commonly visit our yards, and maybe a couple that are less common. I\u2019ll keep adding as I photograph new species, or witness interesting behaviors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you don\u2019t see a photo of the specific bee you saw in your yard, maybe you\u2019ll see the type. Sometimes, the best we can do is identify a genus of bees or a tribe. Some bees need several detailed photos, or a microscope, to differentiate between related species. This page organizes bees into their families. So you might be able to identify that you have a leafcutter or a sweat bee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Carpenter Bees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Carpenter bees excavate their nests in dead wood, which, in our yards, can mean fences or any other (usually unfinished) wood structures in your yard. Understandably, some people regard them as pests. If you can tolerate a few perfectly round holes in a fence post, they are pollinators, and their nests are used by other pollinators as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/P9082279-small-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Four-toothed mason wasp cavity in a wooden handrail.\" class=\"wp-image-11730\"\/><figcaption>Former carpenter bee cavity in a wooden handrail, occupied by a four-toothed mason wasp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The nest above was abandoned by the carpenter bee that made it. A four-toothed mason wasp then took over, along with a cuckoo wasp that laid its eggs with those of the mason wasp. Both wasps are pollinators, and I\u2019ve seen mason wasps hunt moth caterpillars in the yard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One last note about carpenter bees: they look, at first, like large bumblebees. The easiest way to differentiate between the two is the abdomen. As I tell the kids, bumblebees have fuzzy \u201cbutts,\u201d where carpenter bees have smooth abdomens. But, as we\u2019ll see below, there is one other bee species in the area that mimics carpenter bees and their \u201csmooth butts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Eastern carpenter bee (<em>Xylocopa virginica<\/em>)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3406-small-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"A close up of a green plant\" data-id=\"10054\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3406-small-1024x683-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?attachment_id=10054\" class=\"wp-image-10054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3406-small-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3406-small-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3406-small-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3406-small-1024x683-1-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3406-small-1024x683-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/IMG_3406-small-1024x683-1-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA092895-small-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"A cat sitting on top of a wooden door\" data-id=\"10055\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA092895-small-1024x576-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?attachment_id=10055\" class=\"wp-image-10055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA092895-small-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA092895-small-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA092895-small-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA092895-small-1024x576-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA092895-small-1024x576-1-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Eastern Carpenter Bee (<em>Xylocopa virginica<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two species we\u2019re likely to see in our area. The males of both species are similar, though the southern carpenter bee has a purplish abdomen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/home-habitat\/backyard-flora-and-fauna\/bees-of-north-florida-and-south-georgia\/?ref=LR10050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Continue reading for more about recognizing the various native bees of our region on the WFSU Ecology Blog.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you think about bees, do you think about honeybees? 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