Size ³

Small body

Queen 15 - 19 mm
Worker 8 - 14 mm
Male 8 - 13 mm

Food plants ³

Aster, Chrysothamnus, Cirsium, Lupinus, Melilotus, Senecio

Nest ³

Nest usually underground, occasionally ont the surface

Similar Species ³

Hunt's Bumble Bee (B. huntii)
Forest Bumble Bee (B. sylvicola)
Black-tailed Bumble Bee (B. melanopygus)
Sitka Bumble Bee (B. sitkensis)
Sitka Bumble Bee (B. sitkensis)

Other areas :
Sanderson Bumble Bee (B. sandersoni) --> Canadian Maritimes and US Eastern Temperate Forest and Boreal Forest regions
Tri-colored Bumble Bee (B. ternarius) --> Canadian Maritimes and US Eastern Temperate Forest and Boreal Forest regions

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Chloé Recouvreur, all rights reserved, uploaded by Chloé Recouvreur
2. Chloé Recouvreur, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), uploaded by Chloé Recouvreur, https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/BumbleBeeGuideWestern2012.pdf
3. (c) Chloé Recouvreur, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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