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Mystery bumble bee - Bombus flavidus - female
Copyright © 2015 Iris

Mystery bumble bee - Bombus flavidus - Female
South Surrey, Greater Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
March 31, 2015
Size: About 20 mm
Queen feeding at Ribes sanguineum. Markings like a Bombus vosnesenskii, but hair uneven and shaggier, and from photo, the face appears black (although the vertex hair is yellow).

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Mystery bumble bee - Bombus flavidus - female Mystery bumble bee - Bombus flavidus - female Mystery bumble bee - Bombus flavidus - female
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Contributed by Iris on 4 April, 2015 - 10:10am
Last updated 23 May, 2021 - 8:31am

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 20 May, 2016 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 6 April, 2015 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

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… John S. Ascher, 6 April, 2015 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

I suspect it is fernaldae
that would explain the black face with yellow vertex
… John S. Ascher, 4 April, 2015 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

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