wild bees
Feral buzzing insects
Wild bees are bees that live outside human management, as opposed to honeybees kept in hives.
The term covers thousands of species—bumblebees, carpenter bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees—most of which are solitary rather than colonial.
Wild bees are crucial pollinators, often more effective than domesticated honeybees for certain crops: The orchard depends on wild bees.
- honeybeesColonial insects producing wax
- bumblebeesLarge hairy stinging pollinators
- pollinatorsOrganisms transferring reproductive dust
- pollinator gardenHabitat for nectar-seekers
- hivesRaised itchy skin reaction
nectar · pollen · flowers · flower garden · buzzing · meadows · solitary · ground nesting · nesting · stingers · colonies · wildflowers · orchards · foraging · queen · drones · wax · clover
- beeshoneybee, bumblebee, honeybees, bumblebees, drones
- pollinatorsbutterflies, butterfly, bumblebee, bumblebees, honeybee