#3518 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

European Orchard Bee

🇳🇱 Gehoornde metselbij ·Osmia cornuta

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © butia2017 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Илья Оголь · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Maastrichterweg, Meerssen, Limburg, NL:© roger_777 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Zuid-Holland, NL:© christhehumbleii · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. 6301 GZ Valkenburg, Nederland:© Jip · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Tholen:© thomasvp · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Rijnsburgerweg, Leiden, South Holland, NL:© rasahtlab · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Leiden, Gandhistraat, 2332 RK Leiden, Nederland:© Femke · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Osmia cornuta , the European orchard bee , is a species of bee in the genus Osmia found in southern and central Europe, north to Belgium, and the southern parts of the Netherlands. The first record of this bee in Great Britain occurred in 2017. They are of the solitary type; they do not live in colonies in hives like bumble bees and honey bees. They lack the pollen baskets on their hind tibiae; they do not produce...

base stats

NL sightings 364iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,552iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 364 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #16 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
15,552 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Pierre André Latreille in 1805 (221 years ago).