Some familiar bees in this family include:
- Bumble bees (Bombus)
- Digger bees (Anthophora)
- Honey Bees (Apis mellifera)
- Large carpenter bees (Xylocopa)
- Long-horned bees (Melissodes and Eucera)
- Small carpenter bees (Ceratina)
- Squash bees (Eucera (Peponapis) pruinosa)
There are also many cuckoo bee genera in this family. The main ones are: Nomada (wasp-like, about 40 species in Canada from coast to coast parasitizing many different genera), Epeolus (12 species in Canada, cleptoparasites of Colletes), Triepeolus (squash bee’s parasites among others) and Holcopasites (15 species found in Canada).
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