was looking at all the bumble bees in our blueberry bush and there it was, one with an orange stripe. Has any one ever seen one?
Orange stripe bumble bee
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says ... yesterday at 5:50 PM
I live in Regina Saskatchewan an i just discovered one of these crawling around my basement. I thought it to be quite odd seeing we haven't really had many insects yet due to the long winter we had this year. should i be concerned finding such a thin
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says ... on Tuesday, Jun 12 at 12:03 AM
Spotted a few of these in my Spanish lavender 2 weeks ago. First time I had noticed the brilliant orange band between wings and barb. I live 35 miles inland from Waldport, OR
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says ... on Wednesday, May 16 at 8:18 AM
All of the other bumble bees were normal black and yellow, this was the only one that was orange stripe. It was a pretty one
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says ... on Sunday, May 13 at 9:27 PM
seen a honey bee here and rely on about 4 species of other bees to do my pollenating,from big black and yellow bumbles to small 1/4 dark colored bees.
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says ... on Sunday, May 13 at 9:21 PM
I see these orange stripe on my blueberries as well.They seem to be the dominant species around here.I haven`t noticed them many other places.I live at 1800ft.,forested all around with 21/2 acres open to full sun.I also have fruit trees,have never s
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says ... on Sunday, May 13 at 9:14 PM
Apparently these are Bombus ternarius, commonly known as the Orange-belted Bumblebee or Tricoloured Bumble Bee
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