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Bees species known to inhabit the Park:
  • 6 families
  • 34 genera
  • 210 species
    • 4 species are exotic
    • 4 species are new to science
At right, a bumble bee uses its long tongue to get nectar from a White snakeroot blossom along the Dry Sluice Gap Trail. 		Bumble bee on White Snakeroot.
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Photo by Charles Wilder.


Superfamily Apoidea (Bees)
Photo Family Common Name
Click photo to open family page. Andrenidae Andrenid bees
Click photo to open family page. Apidae Long-tongued bees
Click photo to open family page. Colletidae Colletid bees, Plasterer bees, and Yellow-faced bees
Click photo to open family page. Halictidae Halictid bees and Sweat bees
Click photo to open family page. Megachilidae Leafcutting bees
  Melittidae Melittid bees
Superfamily Scolioidea (Ants and Parasitic wasps)
  Formicidae Ants
  Mutillidae Velvet Ants
Superfamily Vespoidea (Vespoid wasps)
Photo Family Common Name
  Vespidae Hornets, Paper wasps, Potter wasps, Yellowjackets

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Web Page

Charles Wilder.

REFERENCES

Mayor, A. J. 2007. Personal communication. Museum Curator, Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed July 27, 2007 at http://animaldiversity.org.