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Yellow-faced Bumblebee

Bombus vosnesenskii

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48.5649, -123.469

Field Notes

Description:

Large black bee with white face. There is white in the front of the thorax on the front of the "shoulders". There is a single white stripe across the tip of the abdomen as seen in the last image.

Reference Links:

Bombus vosnesenskii, Species Bombus vosnesenskii - Yellow-faced Bumble Bee - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Yellow-faced bumble bee

Bombus vosnesenskii
stho002
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Comments (7)
stho002
The species is recorded from BC here (see the very first sentence!): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_vosnesenskii
CindyBinghamKeiser
Thank you for the ID suggestion, stho002. I'll look into it further but it appears that species isn't that far north. Thank you so much Dan!

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PublishedAugust 11, 2013

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