Bumble Bee

Bombus pensylvanicus

Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)
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Bombus pensylvanicus, the American bumblebee, is a threatened species of bumblebee native to North America. It occurs in eastern Canada, throughout much of the Eastern United States, and much of Mexico. Source

Where is the Bumble Bee now?

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 61 times across 7 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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How the Bumble Bee moves through the year

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in North America ranged from 29°N in April to 40°N in August, about 1,200 km apart.

Related species

Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.