Diversity
Discover the colorful world of pollinators.
![](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1030884-e1530105294809.jpg)
Most people are familiar with honeybees, but there are many more pollinators. Wild bees, like bumblebees, or other insects such as wasps, hoverflies, butterflies and bugs pollinate a wide range of different flowers by transferring pollen from blossom to blossom. In exotic countries, hummingbirds and special bats are important pollinators as well.
![](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1030770-1-e1530178396904.jpg)
The majority of wildbees are not living in colonies like the honeybee, but are solitary insects. Only bumblebees and some of the sweat bees form annual colonies and live together. There are many other differences in who and where the species live. About 70% of the wildbees live in the ground, most of them belong to the species of mining bees. The other 30% nest in crevices, deadwood or in stalks that might contain marrow. Crevices are very suitable for nest e.g. of the carder bees, while deadwood is preferred by carpenter bees, fork-tailed flower-bees and Willughby’s leafcutter. Mason bees, yellow-faced bees, scissor bees and large-headed resin-bees occupy empty of filled stems. Especially mason bees are well known to become creative and use human-made holes everywhere they can find them.
Domestic species
Flowers4Bees does not only care for the honeybees, but also for their wild relatives and neighbors. At this point, we would like to give you some insight into the world of our domestic pollinators and insects.
![Honigbiene mit gelben Pollen](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_0663.jpg)
Apis mellifera
![](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_0735-1.jpg)
Adrena vaga
![Baumhummelkönigin in Sonnenblume](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1080147_baumhummelkoenigin.jpg)
Bombus hypnorum
![Schmetterling Brauner Waldvogel auf Strauchveronika](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_0219__.jpg)
Aphantopus hyperantus
![Gemeine Feldschwebfliege auf blauer Schneeflockenblume](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1060290.jpg)
Syrphidae sp.
![Löcherbiene auf Strohblume](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1070098_loecherbiene.jpg)
Heriades truncorum
![Weißfleckige Wespenbiene (Nomada alboguttata)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/weissfleckige_wespenbiene.jpg)
Nomada alboguttata
![Rotpelzige Sandbiene auf Vergiss](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1060003_kl.jpg)
Andrena fulva
![Hainschwebfliege auf Nelken-Leimkraut](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1060319.jpg)
Episyrphus balteatus
![Gemeine Langbauchschwebfliege(Sphaerophoria scripta)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gemeine_langbauchschwebfliege.jpg)
Sphaerophoria scripta
![Steinhummelkönigin](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1050643.jpg)
Bombus lapidarius
![Schenkelbiene auf Gilbweiderich](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_1476_web.jpg)
Macropis fulvipes
![Bläuling](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/blaeuling-1.jpg)
Lycaenidae
![Wespe auf Basilikum](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1030899_wespe.jpg)
Vespinae sp.
![Mauerbiene auf rosa Gerbera](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_20160318_145327038_hdr.jpg)
Bicornis sp.
![Grünader-Weißling Rapsweißling (Pieris napi)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gruenaderweissling-1.jpg)
Pieris napi
![Sandbiene Andrena apicata auf Löwenzahnblüte](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1050846.jpg)
Adrena sp.
![Erdhummel auf Bornholmer Margerite](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1030666_erdhummel.jpg)
Bombus terrestris
![Schmuckbiene (Fabricius, 1775) auf Jacobskreuzkraut](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_1589_web.jpg)
Epeoloides coecutiens
![Kohlweißling auf Kissenaster](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/kohlweissling.jpg)
Artogeia rapae
![Distelfalter auf Sonnenblume](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1070072_distelfalter.jpg)
Vanessa cardui
![Ackerhummeln auf Distelblüte](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1070277_ackerhummeln.jpg)
Bombus pascuorum
![Totenkopfschwebfliege auf Hortensie (Myathropa florea)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/totenkopfschwebfliege.jpg)
Myathropa florea
![Waldschwebfliege (Volucella pellucens)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/waldschwebfliege.jpg)
Volucella pellucens
![Admiral auf Hortensie](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/admiral_hortensie.jpg)
Vanessa atlanta
![Weiße Bindensandbiene (Andrena gravida)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/weisse_bindensandbiene-2.jpg)
Andrena gravida
![Hornissenschwebfliege auf Schmetterlingsbusch (Volucella zonaria](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/hornissenschwebfliege_schmetterlingsbusch.jpg)
Volucella zonaria
![Breitband-Waldschwebfliege (Dasysyrphus tricinctus)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/breitband_waldschwebfliege-2.jpg)
Dasysypruhs tricinctus
![Zitronenfalter (Gonepteryx rhamni)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/zitronenfalter.jpg)
Gonepteryx rhamni
![Kleiner Fuchs](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/kleiner-fuchs-4.jpg)
Aglais urticae
![Pinselkäfer](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/pinselkaefer.jpg)
Trichius fasciatus
![Gelbe Breitbauchschwebfliege (Didea fasciata)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/grosseschwebfliege.jpg)
Didea fasciata
![Kleine Keilfleckschwebfliege (Eristalis arbustorum)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/kleinekeilfleckschwebfliege.jpg)
Eristalis arbustorum
![Kleiner Feuerfalter (Lycaena phlaeas)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/kleinerfeuerfalter.jpg)
Lycaena phlaesas
![Große Schwebfliege](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1000668-e1529411829382.jpg)
Syrphus ribesii
![Spheciformes](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/grabwespe_gorytes.jpg)
Spheciformes
![Gemeine Sumpfschwebfliege(Helophilus pendulus)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gemeine_sumpfschwebfliege.jpg)
Helophilus pendulus
![Kuckucksbiene (Nomada Fabriciana)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nomada_fabriciana.jpg)
Nomada fabriciana
![Große Sumpfschwebfliege (Helophilus trivittatus)](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/grosse_sumpfschwebfliege.jpg)
Helophilus trivittatus
![Feld-Blattwespe](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1000795_kl_feld-blattwespe.jpg)
Tenthredo campestris
![Veränderliche Hummel](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1000927_kl_veraendlichehummel-e1529410147115.jpg)
Bombus humilis
![Dickkopffliege](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1000784_kl_myopa-buccata.jpg)
Myopa buccata
![weibliche Stahlblaue Mauerbiene](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010261_kl_stahlblauemauerbienew.jpg)
Osmia caerulescens
![Zweifarbige Sandbiene](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1000913_kl_andrenabicolor-e1529410685515.jpg)
Adrena biocolor
![Blau grün rote Goldwespe](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1010041-goldwespe-e1529415782936.jpg)
Chrysis fulgida
![Garten - Blattschneiderbiene](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1140622-e1529415613986.jpg)
Megachile willughbiella
![Graue Sandbiene](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1000341-e1529415964565.jpg)
Andrena cineraria
![Rotschopfige Sandbiene](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1000363-e1529416036739.jpg)
Andrena haemorrhoa
![gelbbindige Furchenbiene](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1140475-e1529416068953.jpg)
Halictus scabiosae
![Wollbiene](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1140546-e1529416091794.jpg)
Anthidum manicatum
![](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1000874-rote-mauerbiene-e1530015327452.jpg)
Osmia bicornis
![Braunkolbiger Dickkopffalter in Ackerwinde](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/img_1522_web.jpg)
Heteropterus morpheus
![Bienenwolf](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1060659_bienenwolf_philanthus-triangulum.jpg)
Philanthus triangulum
![Tagpfauenauge auf Kirschblüte](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/p1090209_web.jpg)
Aglais io
Identification
This large diversity makes it difficult to determine the species of pollinator that just flew by or sat down on a flower in your garden. These links can help you to identify common insects:
- Buglife.org provides a general overview about different types of pollinators and pictures of some common bees, wasps, hoverflies and beetles
- The Bumblebee Conservation Trust goes into more detail about bumblebee species that are domestic in UK
- Find out about common bee species in Denmark under vildebier.dk
- If you can’t find any information about a specific type of pollinator online, try to contact your local beekeeper association{:}
![](https://flowers4bees.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/b2_biene-e1468572002432.png)