Summary ⁵

The half-black bumblebee (Bombus vagans) is a small bumblebee with a wide distribution in North America, its range extending from Ontario and Nova Scotia southward to Georgia.

Food Plants ⁶

Penstemon (Beard-Tongues), Asclepias (Milkweeds), Asters, Cirsium (Thistles), Eupatorium, Spirea (Meadowsweet)

Nest ⁶

On the ground surface and underground

Similar Species ⁶

B. sandersoni, B. perplexus, B. affinis

Sources ⁶

http://www.xerces.org/sites/default/files/2018-05/12-052_01_Eastern_Bumble_Bee.pdf

Sources and Credits

1. (c) David McCorquodale, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by David McCorquodale
2. USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bombus_vagans,_Q,_Back,_NY,_Franklin_County_2014-07-01-17.09_(25191221937).jpg
3. USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bombus_vagans,_Q,_Side,_NY,_Franklin_County_2014-07-01-17.20.31_ZS_PMax_(39352758034).jpg
4. (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
5. Adapted by mgillet from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_vagans
6. (c) mgillet, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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