Fog-belt bumble bee
The fog-belt bumble bee is a fluffy bumblebee from the west coast of the United States. It looks almost exactly like another bumblebee called the yellow-faced bumblebee. It visits lots of different flowers.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
It has been seen on flowers from 19 different plant families.
Its hair is a bit longer than its look-alike's, and it has yellow hairs under its belly.
The queens wake up from their winter sleep in late January, and the first workers come out in early March.
In late October the whole nest ends. Only the new queens live on to start fresh nests next year.
Most asked questions about Fog-belt bumble bee
?Where does the fog-belt bumble bee live?
Along the west coast of the United States, from Washington through Oregon to southern California.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Bombus caliginosus
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Apidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Obscure bumblebee
Where the facts come from
- Bombus caliginosus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Alex O'Neal. CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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