Rusty Patched Bumble Bee - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
2016年9月22日 · The rusty patched bumble bee is one of about 21 species of bumble bees in eastern United States, and was listed as federally endangered in 2017. Historically, the rusty patched bumble bee was broadly distributed across the eastern United States and upper midwest, as well as in southern Quebec and Ontario, in Canada.
Bombus affinis - Wikipedia
Bombus affinis, commonly known as the rusty patched bumble bee, is a species of bumblebee endemic to North America. [3]
What is a rusty patched bumble bee? Appearance: Rusty patched bumble bees live in colonies that include a single queen and female workers. The colony produces males and new queens in late summer. Queens are the largest bees in the colony, and workers are the smallest.
Rusty-patched bumble bee | Bee Lab
The rusty-patched bumble bee is unique among the bumble bees of North America in that the queens have a different color pattern than the workers. Queens are usually only seen in the spring and the fall.
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee - Xerces Society
The rusty patched bumble bee is a species of bumble bee native to eastern North America. Its workers and males have a small rust-colored patch on the middle of their second abdominal segment.
All rusty patched bumble bees have entirely black heads, but only workers and males have a rusty reddish patch centrally located on the abdomen, after which the species is named. These bees are generalist foragers and gather pollen and nectar from a wide variety of flowering plants.
Bombus affinis (Rusty-patched bumble bee) - Michigan Natural …
Rusty-patched males and workers are medium-sized bumblebees, averaging .5 inches in length, with stocky, round head, face, and area between the wings being black in color, while the remainder of the thorax is yellow. Abdominal coloration varies.
Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee - Endangered Species Watch
The rusty-patched bumble bee is a species of bee historically found in grasslands and prairies of the Midwest and Northeast. Rusty-patched bumble bees live in colonies made up of a single queen and female workers, producing males and new queens annually in the late summer.
Rusty-patched bumble bee - Ontario.ca
2010年9月28日 · The Rusty-patched bumble bee is a medium to large bee, ranging from about one to two centimetres long with queens being at the higher end of this range. Like most bumble bees, it is yellow and black, but males and workers have a distinctive rusty-coloured patch on the second segment of the abdomen.
Rusty-patched Bumble Bee Guide - New York Natural Heritage …
2023年8月15日 · Rusty-patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) has been ranked state historical (SH) as the last known record for New York is from 1999 and the species has not persisted in most neighboring states, suffering catastrophic decline throughout its range in recent years.