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Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus

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62.2678, -150.03

Field Notes

Description:

This small, tri-colored bee was the most common bee we saw in Alaska. It has a rufous back-half of the abdomen. The front half is gray. The thorax is gray and black.

Habitat:

Fireweed along road outside mixed forest.

Reference Links:

Species Bombus melanopygus - Black-tailed Bumble Bee - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
KarenP
I changed my ID, Cindy. Thank you... :) KP
CindyBinghamKeiser
Hi Karen, I just received an ID for this one. Take a look and see if it's the same one :)
KarenP
Could it be a http://bugguide.net/node/view/498732 Fernald's Cuckoo Bumble Bee Here's my spotting. Let me know if I've missed the ID on mine. :) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/35678125
The MnMs
Very pretty close-ups of the fluffly bee :-) Could it be some sort of carpenter bee, BTW?

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Pollinating Insects of the World
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Great Alaskan Challenge
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedAugust 4, 2013

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