Bumble Bee - Bombus impatiens

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) » Subgenus Pyrobombus (Bombus Subgenus Pyrobombus) » Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)

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Copyright © 2005 Naomi Smith

Bumble Bee - Bombus impatiens -

Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
September 4, 2005
Size: 1/2 inch plus

At first I though this was a Bumble bee but it was too small. It looks like a bee, is it?

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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 6 September, 2005 - 9:49am
Last updated 9 February, 2014 - 8:43am

Moved

Moved from Subgenus Pyrobombus.

… John S. Ascher, 9 February, 2014 - 8:43am

Moved

Moved from Bumble Bees.

… John S. Ascher, 5 February, 2014 - 7:03am

Bumble bee.

Worker bumble bees can be quite small. I have seen some that are barely bigger than a honey bee. This is not a carpenter bee because the face is hairy, and the pollen is adhered in a great glob to the virtually hairless pollen basket. In carpenter bees, pollen gathers in a dusty-looking mass in a very hairy brush on the hind legs.

… Eric R. Eaton, 6 September, 2005 - 12:25pm

Bumble Bee

Thanks Eric, I am so confused.
Naomi

… Naomi Smith, 8 September, 2005 - 1:22pm

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