Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
Bombus terricola
Summary 4
Bombus terricola, the yellow-banded bumblebee, is a species of bee in the genus Bombus. It is native to southern Canada and the east and midwest of the United States. It possesses complex behavioral traits, such as the ability to adapt to a queenless nest, choose which flower to visit, and regulate its temperature to fly during cold weather. It was at one time a common species, but has declined in numbers since the late 1990s, likely...
Food Plants 5
Vaccinium, Salix (Willows), Rosa (Roses), Rubus, Lonicera (Honeysuckles), Solidago (Goldenrods), Asters
Nest 5
underground
Similar Species 5
B. pensylvanicus
Sources 5
http://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/12-052_01_Eastern_Bumble_Bee.pdf
Sources and Credits
- (c) Jon Wallace, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jon Wallace
- no rights reserved, uploaded by Kent McFarland
- (c) U.S. Department of Agriculture, all rights reserved, uploaded by U.S. Department of Agriculture, http://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/12-052_01_Eastern_Bumble_Bee.pdf
- Adapted by mgillet from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_terricola
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