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INSECTS

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

Insects
Native
Common Eastern Bumble Bee, photo 1 of 5
Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Larva
Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Male
12–18 mmLength

Hymenopteran in the family Apidae 12–18 mm long. Lives in forests and in fields.

There are 5,542 observations of Common Eastern Bumble Bee in Québec, mostly in Montréal, Montérégie and Bas-Saint-Laurent, and it has been reported in every region. They peak in September and become rare from November to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Montréal1,838
  2. Montérégie769
  3. Bas-Saint-Laurent533
  4. Outaouais518
  5. Estrie507
  6. Capitale-Nationale389
  7. Laurentides254
  8. Chaudière-Appalaches126
  9. Mauricie112
  10. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean94
  11. Laval89
  12. Lanaudière89
  13. Centre-du-Québec77
  14. Abitibi-Témiscamingue48
  15. Côte-Nord47
  16. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine46
  17. Nord-du-Québec6

Habitat

ForestMario Hains
FieldsHubert Figuière
Towns and gardensAlain Rouiller

Similar species

Brown-belted Bumble BeeBombus griseocollis
Two-spotted Bumble BeeBombus bimaculatus
Half-black Bumble BeeBombus vagans
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
American Bumble BeeBombus pensylvanicus
Red-belted Bumble BeeBombus rufocinctus
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble BeeBombus citrinus
Perplexing Bumble BeeBombus perplexus
Rusty-patched Bumble BeeBombus affinis
Eastern Thistle Longhorn BeeMelissodes desponsus
Abrupt Digger BeeAnthophora abrupta
Blueberry Digger BeeHabropoda laboriosa