Table 1 Family and species list of bees collected in passive traps with different colored (bright blue, dark blue, dark yellow, bright yellow, purple, and red) vanes. Percent abundance of total species in each trap is presented.

Halictidae

Agapostemon texanus

Cresson

11.83

9.9

10.47

14.68

6.65

9.29

Agapostemon sericeus

(Forster)

0.15

0.25

0.28

Agapostemon virescens

(Fabricius)

0.25

0.28

Augochlora pura

(Say)

0.28

0.25

0.71

Augochlorella aurata

(Smith)

13.17

15.51

45.18

47.59

12.47

30.71

Augochloropsis metallica

(Fabricius)

0.15

2.2

0.25

Halictus ligatus

Say

4.79

2.97

5.23

4.56

5.54

5

Halictus parallelus

Say

1.8

2.97

3.58

2.28

5.54

5

Halictus rubicundus

(Christ)

0.28

Lasioglossum disparile

(Cresson)

20.36

11.22

13.77

13.92

29.64

18.57

Lasioglossum hitchensi

Gibbs

0.3

0.28

Lasioglossum imitatum

(Smith)

15.72

12.21

7.16

4.3

9.7

15.71

Lasioglossum pectorale

(Smith)

2.1

1.32

1.1

0.51

3.05

0.71

Lasioglossum tegulare

(Robertson)

0.15

Lasioglossum lustrans

(Cockerell)

0.3

0.28

0.76

Halictus tripartitus

Cockerell

0.75

0.66

0.55

0.51

0.55

2.14

Lasioglossum trigeminum

Gibbs

0.28

Lasioglossum sp.

Curtis

0.15

0.55

0.25

Nomia nortoni

Cresson

0.15

0.33

Apidae

Apis mellifera

Linnaeus

0.45

1.32

0.76

0.55

1.43

Bombus bimaculatus

Cresson

0.6

Bombus fervidus

(Fabricius)

0.75

Bombus griseocollis

(De Geer)

1.35

0.33

0.83

1.01

3.32

0.71

Bombus impatiens

Cresson

1.2

1.98

1.1

0.51

0.55

2.14

Bombus pensylvanicus

(De Geer)

2.84

0.33

1.93

2.03

0.83

Ceratina calcarata

Robertson

0.28

0.71

Ceratina dupla

Say

0.25

Ceratina strenua

Smith

0.3

1.98

0.55

0.25

0.55

Diadasia afflicta

(Cresson)

0.15

Diadasia enavata

(Cresson)

0.33

Melissodes bimaculatus

(Lepeletier)

0.66

0.25

0.28

Melissodes communis

Cresson

1.2

1.32

0.83

1.94

0.71

Melissodes comptoides

Robertson

0.6

0.99

0.25

0.83

0.71

Melissodes denticulatus

Latreille

0.15

0.99

0.51

0.28

Melissodes sp.

Robertson

0.15

0.33

0.28

0.71

Melissodes vernoniae

(Say)

9.88

28.05

2.20

1.77

13.85

2.86

Melitoma taurea

Smith

0.15

Peponapis pruinosa

(Say)

0.3

0.28

Ptilothrix bombiformis

(Cresson)

5.69

2.97

0.51

1.94

Svastra obliqua

(Say)

0.15

0.51

0.28

Svastra atripes

(Cresson)

0.15

Triepeolus lunatus

(Say)

0.28

Xenoglossa strenua

(Cresson)

1.35

0.99

0.71

Xylocopa virginica

(Linnaeus)

0.45

0.55

0.51

0.71

Andrenidae

Calliopsis andreniformis

Smith

0.25

Colletidae

Hylaeus mesillae

(Cockerell)

0.71

Megachilidae

Megachile brevis

Say

0.3

0.28

Megachile montivaga

Cresson

0.28

Megachile campanulae

(Robertson)

0.33

0.25

0.28

Total species

36

24

25

29

26

20