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B. borealis - Bombus borealis - female
Copyright © 2006 Mardon Erbland

B. borealis - Bombus borealis - Female
Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
July 25, 2006
This bee was visiting flowers in our backyard around mid-afternoon. Can anyone ID it and explain what those 'sacs' are on it's hind legs?

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B. borealis - Bombus borealis - female B. borealis - Bombus borealis - female B. borealis - Bombus borealis - female
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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 25 July, 2006 - 3:00pm
Last updated 23 June, 2008 - 4:53pm

Moved
Moved from Bumble Bees.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 May, 2008 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Golden Northern Bumble bee.
… Mardon Erbland, 14 October, 2006 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

B. borealis
not fervidus
… John S. Ascher, 22 September, 2006 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
The Natural History Museum web page for Subterraneobombus shows that one species of Subterranobombus is known to live in Newfoundland.  If this image is of a Bombus (St.) borealis Kirby, 1837-272, then I guess this must be the species that they are talking about. Thank you for the correction.
… Mardon Erbland, 23 September, 2006 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

 
this is the species
how about moving the image to the right guide page?
… John S. Ascher, 9 October, 2006 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved
I've moved these images to the Bombus page because there is no Guide Page for the species B. borealis. Hopefully an editor will create one.
… Mardon Erbland, 14 October, 2006 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

Great
Mardon, this is a bumblebee in the genus Bombus. The sacs you are talking about are 'pollen baskets' called corbicula, (singular: corbiculum). All bees in the family Apidae have them
… Omar Fahmy, 25 July, 2006 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks - Moved
Thanks, Omar. Adalbert Goertz also ID'd this individual as Bombus fervidus, Golden Northern Bumble bee, so I've moved these images to the species page. Thanks also for the explination of the corbicula. I'm learning more each day! :)
… Mardon Erbland, 26 July, 2006 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

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