Size
4
Queen 18 - 21 mm
Workers 11 - 17 mm
Male 13 - 16 mm
Food Plants
4
Cirsium, Dipsacus, Helianthus, Penstemon, Phacelia, Trifolium
Nest
4
Nests often built underground, on the ground surface, or above ground in deserted rodent nests
Similar Species
4
American Bumble Bee (B. pensylvanicus)
Nevada Bumble Bee (B. nevadensis)
Other regions :
Northern Amber Bumble Bee (B. borealis) --> Canadian Maritimes and eastern US in Temperate and Boreal Forests regions
Northern Yellow Bumble Bee (B. distinguendus) --> Alaska
Sources and Credits
- (c) John Beetham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by John Beetham
- (c) Nash Turley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Nash Turley
- Chloé Recouvreur, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), uploaded by Chloé Recouvreur,
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/BumbleBeeGuideWestern2012.pdf
- (c) Chloé Recouvreur, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA),
https://www.inaturalist.org/guide_taxa/1731414
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