Common Species of Bumble Bees

Bumble bees belong to the genus Bombus and include many species found around the world. Some well-known examples are:

Bombus impatiens – Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus bimaculatus – Two-Spotted Bumble Bee

Bombus griseocollis – Brown-Belted Bumble Bee

Bombus affinis – Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee

Bombus pensylvanicus – American Bumble Bee

Bombus vagans – Half-Black Bumble Bee

Bombus terricola – Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee

Bombus occidentalis – Western Bumble Bee

Bombus vosnesenskii – Yellow-Crested Bumble Bee

Note: Bombus impatiens appears only once in this corrected list; the original source listed it twice.