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Brown-belted Bumble Bee

Bombus griseocollis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Illinois.January 666, February 749, March 1,137, April 2,106, May 3,373, June 1,413, July 3,548, August 1,608, September 1,298, October 1,062, November 696, December 632.
United States105,639
Canada11,064
Illinois10,141
Missouri9,311
Ohio9,185
Minnesota8,682
Ontario8,554
New York7,969
Massachusetts5,560
Wisconsin5,307

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

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