Bee Library
An online resource connecting images, specimen records, and natural history information about bees.
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collection (NMNH-ENT)
This collection contains the Anthophila records published by the NMNH Entomology Collection.
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 31 October 2022
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
- 89,803 specimen records
- 37,686 (42%) georeferenced
- 76,358 (85%) with images (85,146 total images)
- 69,333 (77%) identified to species
- 7 families
- 373 genera
- 7,598 species
- 7,767 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
