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title: "European Orchard Bee"
description: "Osmia cornuta — Insetti e ragni. Osmia cornuta, the European orchard bee, is a species of bee in the genus Osmia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/european-orchard-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# European Orchard Bee

> Osmia cornuta — Insetti e ragni. Osmia cornuta, the European orchard bee, is a species of bee in the genus Osmia.

- Scientific name: *Osmia cornuta*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 15503
- Wikidata: [Q668707](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q668707)
- iNaturalist taxon: [126630](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/126630)

## Names

- en: European Orchard Bee
- de: Gehörnte Mauerbiene
- es: Abeja europea de huerto
- fr: Osmie cornue
- nl: Gehoornde metselbij

## Countries with the most observations

DE (5727), FR (1829), AT (1534), BE (867), IT (766), CH (449), ES (445), UA (423), NL (364), LU (352), CZ (278), PL (155)

## Summary

Osmia cornuta, the European orchard bee, is a species of bee in the genus Osmia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmia_cornuta

## Photo

![European Orchard Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/european-orchard-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Victor Brans · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41519444

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/european-orchard-bee?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).