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Bombus impatiens, the common eastern bumblebee, is the most commonly encountered bumblebee across much of eastern North America. [3] They can be found in the Eastern temperate forest region of the eastern United States , southern Canada , and the eastern Great Plains . [ 4 ]
Bombus huntii is a species of bumblebee. It is native to western North America, where it occurs in western Canada and the United States as far east as Manitoba and Minnesota, and in Mexico as far south as the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. [1] It is known commonly as the Hunt bumblebee [1] or Hunt's bumblebee. [2]
The southern plains bumble bee nests underground. [6] In general, bumble bees are opportunistic nesters that do not dig their own underground nests, but take advantage of pre-existing holes and depressions below the surface formed by rodents or other animals or cavities above the surface created by old logs, stumps, old ground-nesting bird ...
Bombus affinis, commonly known as the rusty patched bumble bee, is a species of bumblebee endemic to North America. [3] Its historical range in North America has been throughout the east and upper Midwest of the United States, [4] north to Ontario, Canada, where it is considered a "species at risk", [5] east to Quebec, south to Georgia, and west to the Dakotas. [5]
A bee forages on a swamp milkweed in the wetlands just south of Lawrence. BeeMachine identified it with 100% confidence as a Southern Plains bumblebee, a dwindling species currently under review ...
Bombus transversalis is in the order Hymenoptera, which consists of bees, ants, wasps, and sawflies. It is in the family Apidae and in the genus Bombus. Most Bombus live in temperate climates and build their nests underground from abandoned tunnels. [3] Bombus transversalis has adapted to tropical climates and builds its nests on ground surface.
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Like most bumblebees, B. frigidus has a eusocial seasonal colony in which the queen lives for a year. During the winter, the queen will stay in a small chamber in the ground, which she had previously found or dug for herself, called a hibernaculum. As soon as the snow melts around mid May, the queen will begin to search for a nest site.