Yosemite National Park Bumble Bee Guide 🐝

This ID guide can be used to help you or others ID bumble bees that are found in Yosemite National Park in California state (U.S.)

The following species are found in Yosemite National Park but are not on iNaturalist and not contained in this guide:
Bombus flavifrons ...more ↓

Great Basin Bumble Bee

Long tongue

Size
Queen 16 - 18 mm
Workers 10 - 13 mm
Male 12 - 14 mm

Colorado Black-notched Bumble Bee

Small body

Queen 15 - 19 mm
Worker 8 - 14 mm
Male 8 - 13 mm

Fog-belt Bumble Bee

Queen 16 - 18 mm
Worker 11 - 13 mm
Male 11 - 13 mm

Hunt's Bumble Bee

Queen 18 - 21 mm
Workers 8 - 17 mm
Male 10 - 15 mm

Yellow Head Bumble Bee

Queen 16 - 18 mm
Workers 10 - 13 mm
Male 10 - 14 mm

Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Queen 16 - 19 mm
Workers 10 - 16 mm
Male 11 - 14 mm

Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee

Queen 15 - 17 mm
Workers 10 - 14 mm
Male 11 - 14 mm

Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Queen 18 - 21 mm
Female 8 - 17 mm
Male 10 - 15 mm

Forest Bumble Bee

Small body, long hair

Queen 15 - 17 mm
Worker 10 - 14 mm
Male 11 - 14 mm

Nearctic Bumble Bee

Queen 15 - 19 mm
Workers 8 - 14 mm
Male 8 - 13 mm

Van Dyke's Bumble Bee

Small body

Queen 14 - 18 mm
Worker 10 - 14 mm
Male 10 - 13 mm