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The bumblebee body can be divided into three main parts to make
identification easy. These are:
- The head, which can be quite
difficult to see on a foraging bee as it is deep in the flower
- The thorax which has the wings and legs attached. It is
really just a box of muscles. The biggest being the flight muscles
- The abdomen which has the honey stomach for storing nectar, the sting, the
wax glands and all the digestive and reproductive organs.
more details on bumblebee anatomy
Bombus fraternus
Range: New Jersey down to Florida, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico. |
Bombus crotchii

Range: California and Mexico |
Bombus nevadaensis auricomus
Note: sometimes just called Bombus auricomus.
Range: Ontario to Florida, west to Texas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia. |
Bombus nevadensis nevadensis
Range: Alaska to California, Arizona, New Mexico east to Wisconsin, Mexico.
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Bombus morrisoni
Range: British Columbia to California, east to South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico. |
Bombus pennsylvanicus pennsylvanicus
Range: Quebec, Ontario, Maryland south to Florida, west to Minnesota, S. Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Mexico. |
Bombus pennsylvanicus sonorus
Note: sometimes known as Bombus sonorus
Range: Texas, west to California, Mexico |
Bombus grisecollis
Range: Quebec, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, south to Florida, west to British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, northern California |
Bombus perplexus
Range: Alaska to Maine, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, south to Wisconsin, Illinois, West Virginia, Florida, Alberta |
Bombus bimaculatus
Range: Ontario, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Maine, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, south to Florida, west to Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kentucky.
Note: a common species. |
Bombus impatiens
Range: Ontario, Maine, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, south to Florida, west to Michigan, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Wyoming. |
Bombus affinis
Range: Quebec, Ontario south to Georgia, west to South Dakota and North Dakota.
Note: Also known as the rusty-patched bumblebee. Once common, but its range has declined sharply since 1990, now found in only a few areas. Often has a bald patch between the wings in the middle of the thorax.
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Bombus vagans vagans
Range: British Columbia east to Nova Scotia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania south to Georgia, West Virginia, Tennessee, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington. |
Bombus sandersoni

Range: Ontario to Newfoundland, south to Tennessee Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina
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Bombus frigidus
Range: Alaska and Northwest territories, south to Colorado (high elevations only). |
Bombus lucorum queen 
Range: Alaska south to Southern British Columbia and Alberta, east through Yukon and North Western Territories.
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Bombus lucorum worker
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Bombus lucorum male
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Bombus ternarius
Range: Yukon east to Nova Scotia, New York, Pennsylvania south to Georgia, Michigan, Kansas, Montana, British Columbia. |
Bombus terricola terricola 
Range: Nova Scotia to Florida, West to British Columbia, Montana, South Dakota.
Note: Also known as the yellow-banded bumblebee. Once common, but its range has declined dramatically since 1990.
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Bombus terricola occidentalis
Range: Alaska south to northern California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota.
Note: also known as Bombus occidentalis. Often forages from red flowers, and nectar robs hummingbird pollinated flowers. Populations have decreased since 1990.
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Bombus vandykei
Range: Washington to southern California |
Bombus vosnesenskii
Range: British Columbia south to California, Nevada, Mexico |
Bombus californicus
Range: British Columbia, Alberta south to California, Arizona, New Mexico, Mexico |
Bombus rufocinctus

Range: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, west to British Columbia, south to California, Arizona, Wyoming, New Mexico, Kansas, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Maine, Mexico.
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Bombus rufocinctus
Range: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, west to British Columbia, south to California, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Maine, Mexico. |
Bombus rufocinctus
Range: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, west to British Columbia, south to California, Arizona, New Mexico, Kansas, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Maine, Mexico. |
Bombus caliginosus
Range: Washington, Oregon, and coastal areas in California |
Bombus bifarius nearticus
Range: Alaska to Yukon south to California and Utah. |
Bombus bifarius bifarius
Range: British Columbia, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Colorado.
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Bombus balteatus
Range: Arctic Alaska and Canada, Sierra Nevada and White Mountains, Truchas Peak in New Mexico. |
Bombus hyperboreus
Range: Arctic Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Greenland.
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Bombus polaris polaris
Range: Arctic Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Arctic Eurasia. |
Bombus edwardsii

Range: Oregon, California, Nevada
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Bombus melanopygus

Range: Alaska south to California, Idaho, Colorado
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Bombus borealis

Range: Southern Canada from Nova Scotia to Alberta, Northern USA from Maine to New Jersey west to North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Bombus fervidus fervidus

Range: Quebec and New Brunswick, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, south to Georgia, west to British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California and Mexico.
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Bombus appositus

Range: British Columbia east to Saskatchewan, south to New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona and California.
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Bombus sylvicola

Range: Alaska east to Newfoundland, south through the mountains (Cascades, Sierra Nevada, Rockies), California, Utah, New Mexico.
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Bombus huntii
Range: British Columbia, Alberta south to California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico. |
Bombus flavifrons dimidiatus

Range: Southern British Columbia to California. |
Bombus flavifrons flavifrons
Range: Alaska south to California, Idaho, Utah
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Bombus sitkensis

Range: Alaska south to Californis, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming |
Bombus centralis
Range: British Columbia, Alberta south to California, Arizona, New Mexico |
Bombus mixtus
Range: Alaska south to California, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming. |
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