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Western Bumble Bee

Bombus occidentalis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 291, February 252, March 262, April 325, May 316, June 232, July 199, August 203, September 257, October 263, November 338, December 260.
United States20,415
Canada5,014
California3,198
Washington3,124
Colorado3,090
British Columbia2,902
Alaska1,911
Oregon1,811
Alberta1,391
Utah1,303

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

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

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