#3640 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

LCleast concern 🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © scotstewart · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jill Gorman · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jeremy Gatten · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. 66–98 Herricks Cove Rd, Bellows Falls, VT, US:© no rights reserved · CC0
5. New York, US:© W Rao · CC BY 4.0
6. Frankstown Township, PA, USA:© prose31415 · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Bacon St, Lexington, MA 02421, USA:© Nick Dorian · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Albany, NY, USA:© bdagley · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 88th Ave, Langley, BC, CA:© kevindb · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. downtown Kodiak, AK, US:© Marion · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Bombus impatiens , the common eastern bumble bee , is the most commonly encountered bumblebee across much of eastern North America. They can be found in the Eastern Temperate Forest region of the eastern United States, southern Canada, and the eastern Great Plains. Because of their great adaptability, they can live in country, suburbs, and even urban cities. This adaptability makes them a great pollinator species, leading to an increase in their commercial use by greenhouse industry. This...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 340,459iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
340,459 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1863 (163 years ago).