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North American Bumble Bees { 177 images } Created 2 May 2016

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  • A Black-tailed bumble bee, (Bombus melanopygus) flies in front of the Golden Gate Bridge.
    cbolt_bioblitz2014_03272014DSC_2811_...tif
  • Male Brown belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis), Photographed in Madison, WI.
    cbolt_09072014_DSC5733.tif
  • Bombus sandersoni, Sanderson's Bumble Bee, visiting Azalea, Highlands, North Carolina
    cbolt_05032015_DSC2802.tif
  • A central bumble bee (Bombus centralis) pollinates wildflowers in the Bridger Range, Bozeman, Montana.
    cbolt_08222015_DSC2697.tif
  • Hunts Bumble Bee (Bombus huntii), male, pollinating a sunflower in a community garden, Bozeman, Montana.
    cbolt_08012015_DSC1596.tif
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) queen, gathering nectar from an Azalea, Highlands, North Carolina
    cbolt_05032015_DSC2714.tif
  • Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker, from Wisconsin. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced EurAsian pathogen.
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9701.tif
  • A preserved specimen of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker in Great Smoky Mountains National Park's invertebrate collection. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced Eurasian pathogen.
    cbolt_06212014_DSC8271.tif
  • The Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens), Piedmont Prairie habitat, Clemson, South Carolina.
    cbolt_07272014_DSC8945.tif
  • Endangered Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), resting on Joe Pye Weed, Madison, Wisconsin. It was the first species of North American bee to be added to the Endangered Species List in 2017. Without protection from neonics, this species is likely to continue to decline.
    cbolt_08072015_DSC8075.tif
  • Bombus vagans, Half-black bumble bee, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9606.tif
  • Male, Yellow Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus), Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9579.tif
  • Male, Yellow Bumble Bee, Bombus fervidus, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9578.tif
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocolus), male, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9568.tif
  • Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker, from Wisconsin. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced Eurasian pathogen.
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9684.tif
  • Yellow Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus), male, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9544.tif
  • Yellow Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus), male, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9531.tif
  • Bombus impatiens, common eastern bumble bee, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9412.tif
  • Bombus impatiens, common eastern bumble bee, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9408.tif
  • Male, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Bombus impatiens, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9387.tif
  • Male, Red-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus rufocinctous), Madison, Wisconsin. Covered in dew after sleeping on territorial patch of late summer asters.
    cbolt_09072014_DSC0147.tif
  • cbolt_09072014_DSC0139.tif
  • cbolt_09062014_DSC9872 (1).tif
  • Bombus vagans, Half-black bumble bee, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9827.tif
  • Half-black bumble bee (Bombus vagans)
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9821 (1).tif
  • Black and Gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus), female, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9815 (1).tif
  • Black and Gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus), female, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9814 (1).tif
  • Lemon cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus citrinus) on asters, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9769 (1).tif
  • Bombus rufocinctus, Red-belted bumble bee, male, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9764.tif
  • Bombus ruficinctus, male, (red-belted bumble bee), Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9758.tif
  • Bombus vagans, Half-black bumble bee, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9821.tif
  • Black and Gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus), female, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9815.tif
  • Black and Gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus), female, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9814.tif
  • An endangered, federally protected rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) worker on an aster at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, Madison, Wisconsin. It was the first species of North American bee to be added to the Endangered Species List in 2017. Without protection from neonics, this species is likely to continue to decline.
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9701.tif
  • Red-belted bumble bee (Bombus rufocinctus), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9872.tif
  • Half-black bumble bee (Bombus vagans), male, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9859.tif
  • Red-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus rufocinctius), male, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9848.tif
  • Resting Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens), Gyne or new queen, on Spiranthes orchid, Pickens, South Carolina
    cbolt_09212014_DSC6940.tif
  • Resting Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens), Gyne or new queen, on Spiranthes orchid, Pickens, South Carolina
    cbolt_09212014_DSC6918.tif
  • Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9675.tif
  • Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09062014_DSC9650.tif
  • Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), queen, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09072014_DSC6196.tif
  • Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker, from Wisconsin. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced EurAsian pathogen.
    cbolt_09072014_DSC5968.tif
  • Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_09072014_DSC5919.tif
  • A preserved specimen of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker in Great Smoky Mountains National Park's invertebrate collection. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced EurAsian pathogen.
    cbolt_06212014_DSC8327.tif
  • A preserved specimen of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker in Great Smoky Mountains National Park's invertebrate collection. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced EurAsian pathogen.
    cbolt_06212014_DSC8306.tif
  • A preserved specimen of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), female, worker in Great Smoky Mountains National Park's invertebrate collection. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced EurAsian pathogen.
    cbolt_06212014_DSC8255.tif
  • Preserved specimens of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), in Great Smoky Mountains National Park's invertebrate collection. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced EurAsian pathogen.
    cbolt_06212014_DSC_8716.tif
  • Becky Nichols, an entomologist with the National Park Service who is based in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Tennessee with samples of Rusty-patched Bumble Bees found in the park. The last Rusty-patched Bumble Bee was see in GSMNP in the early 2000s.
    cbolt_06212014_DSC_8651.tif
  • Preserved specimens of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), in Great Smoky Mountains National Park's invertebrate collection. A species that has declined 87% in the past 15 years due primarily to an introduced EurAsian pathogen.
    cbolt_06212014_DSC_8689.tif
  • Resting, late season Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) worker, Piedmont Prairie, Clemson, South Carolina
    cbolt_07272014_DSC8961.tif
  • Cleptoparasitic Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus citrinus), Dacusville, South Carolina
    cbolt_08022014_DSC9103.tif
  • Cleptoparasitic Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus citrinus), Dacusville, South Carolina
    cbolt_08022014_DSC9101.tif
  • Cleptoparasitic Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus citrinus), Dacusville, South Carolina
    cbolt_08022014_DSC9100.tif
  • Cleptoparasitic Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee, Bombus citrinus, Dacusville, South Carolina
    cbolt_08022014_DSC9099.tif
  • Cleptoparasitic Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee, Bombus citrinus, Dacusville, South Carolina
    cbolt_08022014_DSC9093.tif
  • Bombus sandersoni, Sanderson's Bumble Bee, visiting Azalea, Highlands, North Carolina
    cbolt_05032015_DSC2797.tif
  • Bombus sandersoni, Sanderson's Bumble Bee, visiting Azalea, Highlands, North Carolina
    cbolt_05032015_DSC2794.tif
  • Bombus sandersoni, Sanderson's Bumble Bee, visiting Azalea, Highlands, North Carolina
    cbolt_05032015_DSC2789.tif
  • Bombus sandersoni, Sanderson's Bumble Bee, visiting Azalea, Highlands, North Carolina
    cbolt_05032015_DSC2771.tif
  • Hunts Bumble Bee, Bombus huntii, Bozeman, Montana
    cbolt_04292016_DSC3778.tif
  • Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee (Bombus mixtus), Defense posture, Bozeman, Montana
    cbolt_04292016_DSC3750.tif
  • Central Bumble Bee, Bombus centralis, Bridger Range, Fairy Lake, Sacagawea Peak, Bozeman, Montana
    cbolt_08222015_DSC2671.tif
  • Central Bumble Bee, Bombus centralis, Bridger Range, Fairy Lake, Sacagawea Peak, Bozeman, Montana
    cbolt_08222015_DSC2703.tif
  • Central Bumble Bee, Bombus centralis, Bridger Range, Fairy Lake, Sacagawea Peak, Bozeman, Montana
    cbolt_08222015_DSC2706.tif
  • Central Bumble Bee, Bombus centralis, Bridger Range, Fairy Lake, Sacagawea Peak, Bozeman, Montana
    cbolt_08222015_DSC2652.tif
  • A highly-endangered rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) worker flies between hydrangea flowers, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08122015_DSC0829.tif
  • A highly-endangered rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) worker flies between hydrangea flowers, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08122015_DSC0834.tif
  • Central bumble bee (Bombus centralis), male, Fairy Lake, Bozeman Montana
    cbolt_08152015_DSC2045.tif
  • Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    cbolt_08082015_DSC9052.tif
  • rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    cbolt_08082015_DSC8984.tif
  • rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    cbolt_08082015_DSC8979.tif
  • male brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis) waiting on bee balm (Monarda didyma) for females, University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08082015_DSC8954.tif
  • cbolt_08082015_DSC8859.tif
  • cbolt_08082015_DSC8840.tif
  • A dew-covered, highly-endangered male Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), waits to warm up in the early morning light. Madison, Wisconsin. It was the first species of North American bee to be added to the Endangered Species List in 2017. Without protection from neonics, this species is likely to continue to decline.
    cbolt_08082015_DSC8792.tif
  • cbolt_08072015_DSC8673.tif
  • Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens) at sunset, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    cbolt_08072015_DSC8542.tif
  • cbolt_08072015_DSC8271.tif
  • Bumble Bee expert Rich Hatfield, from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, takes a close look at a resting male rusty-patched bumble bee in Madison, Wisconsin.
    cbolt_08072015_DSC8246.tif
  • cbolt_08072015_DSC8194.tif
  • cbolt_08072015_DSC8183.tif
  • cbolt_08072015_DSC8176.tif
  • Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation bumble bee specialist and biologist Rich Hatfield searches for rusty-patched bumble bees in a patch of Joe Pye Weed at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    cbolt_08072015_DSC8174.tif
  • Bumble Bee expert Rich Hatfield, from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, takes a close look at a resting male rusty-patched bumble bee in Madison, Wisconsin.
    cbolt_08072015_DSC8147.tif
  • Endangered Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), resting on Joe Pye Weed, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08072015_DSC8071.tif
  • Endangered Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), resting on Joe Pye Weed, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08072015_DSC8044.tif
  • Endangered Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), resting on Joe Pye Weed, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08072015_DSC8030.tif
  • Resting male highly endangered Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08072015_DSC8021.tif
  • Endangered Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), gathering nectar on bee balm, Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08062015_DSC7902.tif
  • Endangered Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), gathering nectar on bee balm,Madison, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08062015_DSC7901.tif
  • Black and gold bumble bee (Bombus auricomus), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    cbolt_08062015_DSC7874.tif
  • Black and gold bumble bee (Bombus auricomus), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    cbolt_08062015_DSC7872.tif
  • cbolt_08062015_DSC7843.tif
  • Male Brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    cbolt_08062015_DSC7834.tif
  • Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), Madison, worker, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08092015_affinis.tif
  • Highly endangered Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), Madison, WisconsinRusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), Madison, worker, Wisconsin
    cbolt_08092015_DSC9293.tif
  • Hunts Bumble Bee (Bombus huntii), male, pollinating a sunflower in a community garden, Bozeman, Montana.
    cbolt_08012015_DSC1574.tif
  • cbolt_08022015_DSC1654.tif
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee (Bombus huntii) visits sunflowers in a community garden, Bozeman, Montana
    cbolt_08012015_DSC7275.tif
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