Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Insects › Honey Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies

White-shouldered Bumble Bee

Bombus appositus

Learn White-shouldered Bumble Bee freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) anewmark, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

28 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 60, February 56, March 87, April 102, May 157, June 137, July 138, August 103, September 85, October 68, November 54, December 55.
United States8,958
Canada1,543
British Columbia1,068
Washington1,007
Oregon894
Colorado662
Alberta469
Utah338
California322
Nevada214

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHoney Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies · Apidae
GenusBumble Bees · Bombus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise White-shouldered Bumble Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works