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Bumble Bees of Illinois, Missouri, Indiana and Ohio

B. griseocollisB. impatiens

B. vagans

B. fraternus

B. a�nis

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B. auricomus

B. pensylvanicus B. fervidus

B. variabilis

Cuckoo Bumble Bees

B. citrinus

Females Look for females in late April through August.

Don’t look for us until August and September.

WATCH OUT FOR THIS ONE!

The Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa virginica, is often confused with bumble bee queens in the spring; note how similar the color pattern is to Bombus impatiens. One might consider this species of carpenter bee to be a mimic of B. impatiens.

B. a�nis

B. bimaculatusB. impatiens

B. bimaculatus

B. griseocollis B. vagans

B. fraternus B. auricomus B. pensylvanicus B. fervidus

B. variabilisB. citrinus

Cuckoo Bumble Bees Males

Males start here.

B. citrinus absent from MO

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B. citrinus absent from MO

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Variable bumble bee Lemon cuckoo bumble bee

Half-black bumble bee