Brown-belted Bumble Bee

Bombus griseocollis

The Brown-belted Bumble Bee is a bee that can be found in North America. They are active from February through August, when they start preparing for winter hibernation. The workers in a colony are typically 9 to 18 mm in length, with the males usually between 15 and 19 mm. The queen bee can reach sizes of 21 to 23 mm.
Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Male) - Bombus griseocollis Habitat: Garden Bombus,Bombus griseocollis,Brown-belted Bumble Bee,Geotagged,Summer,United States,bee,bumble bee

Appearance

The wings are dark, they have black heads and short hairs on the thorax.
Dusty Bumblebee on my echinacea in my backyard. Bombus griseocollis

Naming

The brown-belted bumblee gets its name from their brown abdominal stripe.
Brown-belted Bumble Bee A Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis) on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) at Alleyn-et-Cawood, Quebec, Canada. Alleyn-et-Cawood,Asclepias syriaca,Bombus griseocollis,Brown-belted Bumble Bee,Brown-belted bumblebee,Canada,Common Milkweed,Geotagged,Quebec,Summer

Distribution

Brown-belted bumblebees can be found in North America from the Canadian province of Quebec and the U.S. state of Maine as far south to Florida, and westward to the western United States, excepr for the southwest.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyApidae
GenusBombus
SpeciesBombus griseocollis