Eastern Miner Bee

Calliopsis andreniformis · Order: Hymenoptera · Family: Andrenidae

Also called: Eastern Calliopsis Bee, Eastern Calliopsis

No source yet on danger. We have no source yet on whether it bites, stings or damages anything.
Eastern Miner Bee
Photo: er-birds, CC BY

The Eastern Miner Bee lives in North America. It is native to North America. It specializes in pollinating plants in the legume family.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

Found in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

What it eats

Specialist pollinator of Fabaceae plants.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Native to North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 40 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Virginia, North Carolina, Vermont, Illinois, New York.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada; native in United States. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Eastern Miner Bee photo 3
Photo: Matt Pelikan, CC BY
Eastern Miner Bee photo 4
Photo: Matt Pelikan, CC BY
Eastern Miner Bee photo 5
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY-SA
Eastern Miner Bee photo 6
Photo: er-birds, CC BY

Same family (Andrenidae)

Ashy Mining BeeAshy Mining BeeAndrena cinerariaTawny Mining BeeTawny Mining BeeAndrena fulvaWilke's Mining BeeWilke's Mining BeeAndrena wilkellaHawthorn Mining BeeHawthorn Mining BeeAndrena crataegiClark's Mining BeeClark's Mining BeeAndrena clarkellaPrunus Miner BeePrunus Miner BeeAndrena prunorum

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliopsis_andreniformis

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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