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Bumble Bees of Minnesota

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This checklist has been created as to aid in the identification of the bumble bees in Minnesota for participants of the Minnesota Bee Atlas project:

http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/minnesota-bee-atlas

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Check list for Bumble Bees (Genus Bombus)

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Northern Amber Bumble Bee (Bombus borealis)

Status: uncommon / Native

Last observation: Northern Amber Bumble Bee from Itasca County, MN, USA on October 3, 2023 at 04:39 PM by dleaon1 (View All) | 0 comments
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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee (Bombus auricomus)

Status: common / Native

Last observation: Black-and-gold Bumble Bee from Minnehaha Regional Park, Minneapolis, MN, US on May 10, 2024 at 04:15 PM by chitterbug (View All) | 0 comments
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis)

Status: common

Last observation: Brown-belted Bumble Bee from Home on May 11, 2024 at 07:00 PM by Kathy Sidles (View All) | 0 comments

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Red-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus rufocinctus)

Status: common

Last observation: Red-belted Bumble Bee from Bruce Vento on May 8, 2024 at 11:40 AM by Kathy Sidles (View All) | 0 comments
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Bohemian Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus bohemicus)

Status: uncommon

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Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus insularis)

Status: uncommon

Last observation: Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee from 25118 County Rd 17, Winona, MN 55987 on August 25, 2023 at 12:29 PM by rbumann (View All) | 0 comments

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Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus citrinus)

Status: uncommon

Last observation: Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee from Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chanhassen, MN, US on October 21, 2023 at 12:36 PM by Jake Wiebe (View All) | 0 comments
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens)

Status: common

Last observation: Common Eastern Bumble Bee from Quinnell Ave N, Scandia, MN, US on May 11, 2024 at 02:56 PM by madland (View All) | 0 comments
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Tricolored Bumble Bee (Bombus ternarius)

Status: common

Last observation: Tricolored Bumble Bee from Ninth St N, Moorhead, MN, US on May 11, 2024 at 01:40 PM by Henryts (View All) | 0 comments

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Half-black Bumble Bee (Bombus vagans)

Status: common / Native

Last observation: Half-black Bumble Bee from Rockville, MN, USA on April 24, 2024 at 02:29 PM by dleaon1 (View All) | 0 comments
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Perplexing Bumble Bee (Bombus perplexus)

Status: uncommon

Last observation: Perplexing Bumble Bee from Grand Portage, MN 55605, USA on October 2, 2023 at 11:52 AM by wilder5865 (View All) | 0 comments
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Sanderson's Bumble Bee (Bombus sandersoni)

Status: uncommon

Last observation: Sanderson's Bumble Bee in October 2023 by kimcwren (View All) | 3 comments

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Two-spotted Bumble Bee (Bombus bimaculatus)

Status: common / Native

Last observation: Two-spotted Bumble Bee from Home on May 10, 2024 by Kathy Sidles (View All) | 0 comments
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Golden Northern Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus)

Status: common

Last observation: Golden Northern Bumble Bee from Noble Ave N, Brooklyn Park, MN, US on May 8, 2024 at 04:04 PM by MeCollin (View All) | 0 comments
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American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)

Status: uncommon

Last observation: American Bumble Bee from Chippewa County, MN, USA on September 23, 2023 at 11:55 AM by mac7mn (View All) | 0 comments

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Yellow-banded Bumble Bee (Bombus terricola)

Status: uncommon

Last observation: Yellow-banded Bumble Bee from Grand Portage National Monument, Grand Portage, MN, US on October 10, 2023 at 10:27 AM by Mark Edlund (View All) | 0 comments
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Rusty-patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis)

Status: uncommon

Last observation: Rusty-patched Bumble Bee in April 2024 by Molly Hanse (View All) | 0 comments

Source: Identification guide by Elaine Evans, University of Minnesota (Link)

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Added by scottking on April 30, 2016

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