This dataset contains biological traits and range filling metrics of 64 species of wild bee, as well as R code used to reproduce the results presented in the manuscript 'Biological traits predict ability of British wild bees to fill their climate envelopes'. It contains bee presence data, climate envelope size, and life history traits (body size, habitat breadth, pollen foraging specialization (lecty), and overwintering stage). Climate envelopes were developed in Wyver, C., Potts, S.G., Edwards, M., Edwards, R. and Senapathi, D., 2023. Spatio‐temporal shifts in British wild bees in response to changing climate. Ecology and Evolution, 13(11), p.e10705.