Yellow-Faced Miner Bee
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Great Smoky Mountains National Park

In 3 days ~10% in a week ~20%

10 Verified sightings at Great Smoky Mountains National Park From 2019 to 2026
10 In 1 park
September Best month
☀️🌙 Day & Night When it's spotted

About the Yellow-Faced Miner Bee

Andrena aliciae, the yellow-faced miner bee, is a species of miner bee in the family Andrenidae. It is native to North America. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Great Smoky Mountains National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada
<5%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-Faced Miner Bee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Faced Miner Bee sighting in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 821st most-seen of the 822 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-Faced Miner Bee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park?

September

In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Faced Miner Bee in Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to August, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-Faced Miner Bee?

Between 10 am and 1 pm

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Faced Miner Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is seen both by day and at night.

Where else can you see a Yellow-Faced Miner Bee?

Only Great Smoky Mountains National Park, in our data

Great Smoky Mountains National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Yellow-Faced Miner Bee sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Yellow-Faced Miner Bee sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Faced Miner Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (10 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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