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title: "Asbij"
description: "Andrena cineraria — Insecten en spinnen. The ashy mining bee (Andrena cineraria), also known as the Danubian miner or grey mining bee, is a species of sand bee found in Europe."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/ashy-mining-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Asbij

> Andrena cineraria — Insecten en spinnen. The ashy mining bee (Andrena cineraria), also known as the Danubian miner or grey mining bee, is a species of sand bee found in Europe.

- Scientific name: *Andrena cineraria*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 11583
- Wikidata: [Q1472971](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1472971)
- iNaturalist taxon: [70400](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70400)

## Names

- en: Ashy Mining Bee
- de: Graue Sandbiene
- fr: Andrène cinéraire
- nl: Asbij

## Countries with the most observations

GB (3347), DE (2292), FR (842), DK (789), PL (255), CZ (229), FI (182), BE (90), SE (81), LU (73), NL (65), AT (61)

## Summary

The ashy mining bee (Andrena cineraria), also known as the Danubian miner or grey mining bee, is a species of sand bee found in Europe. Its distinctive black, grey and white colouring makes it one of the most easily recognized of the genus. They are generally considered safe around children and pets because they are relatively docile, and their stingers are not long enough to penetrate human skin. They are generalists, they mostly pollinate fruit trees, daisies, buttercups, mustard plants and brambles.

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

## Photo

![Asbij](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ashy-mining-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Christian Pietzsch · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/268233129

## Machine access

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