Calgary Insect Pollinators Guide

This is a beginning guide to Calgary's insect pollinators. The goal is to highlight some of the many insect pollinators you may encounter in the city and through participating in the Calgary Pollinator Count (see ...more ↓

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Forest Bumble Bee ¹
Bombus sylvicola

Great Basin Bumble Bee ²
Bombus centralis

Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee ³
Bombus flavifrons

Hunt's Bumble Bee ⁴
Bombus huntii

Black-tailed Bumble Bee ⁵
Bombus melanopygus

Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee ⁶
Bombus mixtus

Perplexing Bumble Bee ⁷
Bombus perplexus

Tricolored Bumble Bee ⁷
Bombus ternarius

Half-black Bumble Bee ⁸
Bombus vagans

Vancouver Bumble Bee ⁹
Bombus vancouverensis

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1. (c) Larry Clarfeld, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Larry Clarfeld
2. (c) Dona Hilkey, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Dona Hilkey
3. (c) Don Sutherland, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Don Sutherland
4. (c) Steven Mlodinow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven Mlodinow
5. (c) Kevin Toomer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Kevin Toomer
6. (c) Steven Arntson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Steven Arntson
7. (c) Denis Doucet, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Denis Doucet
8. (c) David McCorquodale, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by David McCorquodale
9. (c) Scott King, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Calgary Insect Pollinators Guide

Forest Bumble Bee 1 Bombus sylvicola

Great Basin Bumble Bee 2 Bombus centralis

Yellow-Fronted Bumble Bee 3 Bombus flavifrons

Hunt's Bumble Bee 4 Bombus huntii

Black-tailed Bumble Bee 5 Bombus melanopygus

Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee 6 Bombus mixtus

Perplexing Bumble Bee 7 Bombus perplexus

Tricolored Bumble Bee 7 Bombus ternarius

Half-black Bumble Bee 8 Bombus vagans

Vancouver Bumble Bee 9 Bombus vancouverensis