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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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Bumble bee - Bombus impatiens - female
Copyright © 2014 Peter Chen 2.0

Bumble bee - Bombus impatiens - Female
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
September 13, 2014
Size: 1.5cm
Is this Bombus griseocollis? Also is it male or worker?

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Contributed by Peter Chen 2.0 on 14 September, 2014 - 10:51am
Last updated 14 September, 2014 - 11:56am

Moved
Moved from Common Eastern Bumble Bee.
… hg, 14 September, 2014 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
This is a worker, you can see
This is a worker, you can see the corbicula (pollen basket on the hind leg, it's wide and shiny. Also males have yellow hair on the face and undersides.
… Liz Day, 15 September, 2014 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
The leg segment closer to the
The leg segment closer to the bee's body, with a couple of pollen grains on it.
… Liz Day, 15 September, 2014 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Most bees out now where you a
Most bees out now where you are are impatiens, the rest have mostly gone dormant.
… Liz Day, 15 September, 2014 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Is that Indian grass?
Is that Indian grass?
… Liz Day, 15 September, 2014 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes Indian Grass
Our students were collecting seeds. She was very lethargic - maybe dying? Probably picked up some grass pollen by accident? Thanks!
… Peter Chen 2.0, 15 September, 2014 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

 
She could be dying... I think
She could be dying... I think the workers only live a few weeks.
… Liz Day, 17 September, 2014 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… hg, 14 September, 2014 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

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