2 MILLION BLOSSOMS
Bumble Bees of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio (Bombus)
Females Look for females in late April through August. B. impatiens
Common eastern bumble bee
http://beespotter.org B. bimaculatus Two-spotted bumble bee B. griseocollis Brown-belted bumble bee
WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE!
The Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa virginica, is often confused with bumble bee queens in the spring; note how similar the color pattern is to Bombus impatiens. One might consider this species of carpenter bee to be a mimic of B. impatiens.
B. fraternus Southern plains bumble bee B. auricomus Black and gold bumble bee
B. vagans Half-black bumble bee
B. affinis Rusty-patched bumble bee
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Animals Always R B. pensylvanicus American bumble bee B. fervidus Yellow bumble bee Cuckoo Bumble Bees
B. citrinus absent from MO
B. variabilis Males start here.
B. citrinus Variable bumble bee Lemon cuckoo bumble bee
B. impatiens
B. bimaculatus
B. griseocollis
B. vagans
B. affinis
B. fraternus Cuckoo Bumble Bees
B. auricomus
B. pensylvanicus Males Don’t look for us until August and September.
B. fervidus
B. citrinus 60 B. citrinus absent from MO
B. variabilis Reprint Copyright C 2009 SA Cameron, University of Illinois. All rights reserved.
Jim Whitfield
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Tom Murray
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