A list of the types of bees (hopefully comprehensive...but probably not, as apparently there are about 20,000 types of bees :/ okay...anyway):
Bumble (Bombus terrestris, B. pratorum, etc.)
Carder (Bombus sylvarum, Anthidium manicatum, etc.)
Carpenter (Xylocopa virginica, etc.)
Cellophane (Colletes thoracicus, etc.)
Digger (Habropoda miserabilis, Centris pallida, etc.)
Honey (Apis mellifera)
Killer (Apis mellifera)
Leafcutter (Megachile pluto, M. rotundata, etc.)
Mason (Osmia lignaria, O. ribifloris, etc.)
Orchid (Euglossa viridissima, etc.)
Parasitic/Cuckoo (Nomada luteoloides, etc.)
Plasterer (Colletes daviesanus, etc.)
Stingless (Trigona carbonaria, Austroplebeia australis, etc.)
Sweat (Neocorynura electra, Dialictus zephrum, etc.)
...actually, this is a really stressful assignment.
Hmm. There are, I see, many different bee families, each with many different bee subfamilies, genuses (genii?), species, and subspecies, each with their own individual behavior (nocturnal or not so much? social or loner?? carnivorous??). These families are: Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Dasypodaidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, Meganomiidae, Melittidae, and - of course - Stenotritidae.
And furthermore: wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, and ground bees ARE NOT BEES!
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I ran over a big bunch of ground bees yesterday morning at the shore: 100s of pencil holes with little buzzy things. I've since learned that ground bees are great for pollinating and don't have stingers, and yet the following advice was given: "If you get chased, generally speaking, they fly in straight lines, so zig-zag as you run." Serpentine!
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