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Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies

Apidae · 47 species

In Québec, the family Apidae (order Hymenoptera) counts 47 species of insects. The stars? Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Western Honey Bee and Tricolored Bumble Bee, the most often observed. The richest region: Montérégie, with 25 species. Every species has its own page: photos, its season, its habitat and the best places to see it near you.

Species observed by region

Where do the observations come from?

  • Mostly iNaturalist : photos taken by people all over Québec, with the species confirmed by the community.
  • Other public sources : such as eBird for birds and the provincial forest inventories, gathered by GBIF, the global biodiversity data network.
  • What we keep : confirmed observations, with an exact position (not blurred to protect a rare species), that their author allows to be reused.
  • One place counts once : several observations of the same species at the same spot (within 11 m) count as one.
  • So our numbers are lower : than iNaturalist’s total. A region without observations does not mean the species does not live there.

Data downloaded in September 2026.

  1. Montérégie25
  2. Montréal24
  3. Outaouais24
  4. Capitale-Nationale23
  5. Estrie22
  6. Nord-du-Québec21
  7. Laurentides20
  8. Bas-Saint-Laurent17
  9. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean17
  10. Lanaudière17
  11. Mauricie16
  12. Côte-Nord16
  13. Chaudière-Appalaches16
  14. Abitibi-Témiscamingue15
  15. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine13
  16. Centre-du-Québec12
  17. Laval9

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Hymenoptera
All4,550Lepidoptera2,108Coleoptera1,199Hemiptera482Hymenoptera230Diptera210Odonata151Orthoptera61Trichoptera35Ephemeroptera23Neuroptera21Mecoptera9Blattodea7Plecoptera7Dermaptera4Mantodea2Phasmida1
Apidae
All230Apidae47Formicidae42Andrenidae36Vespidae35Megachilidae32Halictidae27Colletidae10Melittidae1
Common Eastern Bumble Bee5,542 observations
Western Honey Bee3,015 observations
Tricolored Bumble Bee2,255 observations
Two-spotted Bumble Bee1,485 observations
Brown-belted Bumble Bee1,171 observations
Red-belted Bumble Bee1,122 observations
Northern Amber Bumble Bee743 observations
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee676 observations
Perplexing Bumble Bee478 observations
Half-black Bumble Bee214 observations
Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble bee98 observations
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee97 observations
frigid bumble bee84 observations
Eastern Thistle Longhorn Bee83 observations
Sanderson's Bumble Bee82 observations
Golden Northern Bumble Bee80 observations
Pruinose Squash Bee59 observations
Spurred Ceratina48 observations
Orange-tipped Wood-digger42 observations
Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee32 observations
Polar Bumble Bee16 observations
Drury's Long-horned Bee11 observations
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee7 observations
Notch-backed Cellophane-cuckoo Bee7 observations
Valiant Long-horned Bee7 observations
Neighborly Nomad7 observations
Rusty-patched Bumble Bee5 observations
Spotted Nomad Bee5 observations
Bumblebee-like Digger Bee4 observations
Mikmaq Little Carpenter Bee4 observations
Black-tailed Bumble Bee3 observations
Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee3 observations
Red-tailed bumble bee3 observations
Cuneate Nomad Bee3 observations
American Bumble Bee2 observations
Gypsy Cuckoo Bee2 observations
Doubled Ceratina2 observations
Imbricate Cuckoo Nomad Bee2 observations
Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee1 observations
Golden-belted Bumble Bee1 observations
Blueberry Digger BeeHabropoda laboriosa
Abrupt Digger BeeAnthophora abrupta
Tooth-bellied long-horned beeMelissodes dentiventris
Least Cellophane-cuckoo BeeEpeolus minimus
American Cellophane-cuckoo BeeEpeolus americanus
Denticulate Longhorn BeeMelissodes denticulatus
Echinacea LonghornMelissodes subillatus