Bumblebees

A Bumblebee is hairy like a Honeybee but is much larger. Note that Bumblebee nests are very difficult to relocate.

There are at least 28 species of Bumblebees found in Washington State.

Common NameScientific Name
Black tail bumble beeBombus melanopygus
Brown-belted bumble beeBombus griseocollis
California bumble beeBombus californicus
Central bumble beeBombus centralis
Common eastern bumble beeBombus impatiens
Fernald cuckoo bumble beeBombus flavidus / fernaldae
Fogbelt bumble beeBombus caliginosis
Forest bumble beeBombus sylvicola
Frigid bumble beeBombus frigidus
Fuzzy-horned bumble beeBombus mixtus
Half-black bumble beeBombus vagans
High country bumble beeBombus kirbiellus / balteatus
Hunt bumble beeBombus huntii
Indiscriminate bumble beeBombus insularis
Morrison bumble beeBombus morrisoni
Nevada bumble beeBombus nevadensis
Obscure bumble beeBombus caliginosus
Red-belted bumble beeBombus rufocinctus
Two form bumble beeBombus bifarius / vancouverensis
Sitka bumble beeBombus sitkensis
Suckley cuckoo bumble beeBombus suckleyi
Vancouver bumble beeBombus vancouverensis
van Dyke bumble beeBombus vandykei
Western bumble beeBombus occidentalis
White-shouldered bumble beeBombus appositus
Yellow bumble beeBombus fervidus
Yellow head bumble beeBombus flavifrons
Yellow-faced bumble beeBombus vosnesenskii

This data is from Washington Bumblebees.org


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