#3643 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Two-spotted Bumble Bee

Bombus bimaculatus

LCleast concern 🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The two-spotted bumble bee ( Bombus bimaculatus ) is a species of social bumble bee found in the eastern half of the United States and the adjacent south-eastern part of Canada. In older literature this bee is often referred to as Bremus bimaculatus , Bremus being a synonym for Bombus . The bee's common name comes from the two yellow spots on its abdomen. Unlike many of the other species of bee in the genus Bombus, B. bimaculatus is not...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 81,972iNaturalist 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.
81,972 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1863 (163 years ago).