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Sweat Bees, Halictid Bees, Halictidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

, , Catherine Zettel Nalen, andRachel Mallinger
Other Contacts: Amy Vu

Release Date: 7/18/2022

Reviewed At: 8/14/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in897-2011

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Abstract

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids, and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

About this Publication

This document is EENY499, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date August 2011. Revised June 2016, March 2019, and July 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Buckley, K., Nalen, C. Z., & Ellis, J. (2011). Sweat Bees, Halictid Bees, Halictidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Halictidae). EDIS, 2011(8). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in897-2011

Authors

Jamie Ellis
Jamie Ellis

former Gahan endowed professor, apiculture, Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology

Katie Buckley
Katie Buckley

former graduate student

Catherine Zettel Nalen
Catherine Zettel Nalen
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University of Florida

former Extension technician, Honey Bee Research & Extension Laboratory, Department of Entomology and Nematology

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Rachel Mallinger
Rachel Mallinger
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University of Florida

associate professor, pollinator ecology and conservation, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL

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Contacts

Amy Vu
Amy Vu
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University of Florida

state specialized program Extension agent II, apiculture, Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab, Department of Entomology and Nematology

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