Golden Northern Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus (Fabricius, 1798)    Synonyms: Yellow Bumble Bee.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hymenoptera   >   Family Apidae   >   Genus Bombus   

Description:

Nests are categorized as existing cavities, and social behavior is categorized as primitively eusocial or semisocial (Selfridge et al., 2017).

There are 97 records in the project database.

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A Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/9/2018). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Prince George's Co., Maryland (11/28/2021). (c) Sergei Drovetski, all rights reserved. Photo by Sergei Drovetski. (MBP list)

A Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (9/22/2017). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

A Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Howard Co., Maryland (6/24/2015). Photo by Richard Orr. (MBP list)

Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Allegany Co., Maryland (6/27/2015). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)

A Bombus fervidus in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/29/2014). Photo by Mark Etheridge. (MBP list)

A Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/23/2009). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/23/2009). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Baltimore City, Maryland (8/23/2009). Determined by John S. Ascher/BugGuide. Photo by Thomas Wilson. (MBP list)

A Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Washington Co., Maryland (6/24/2018). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Garrett Co., Maryland (9/1/2023). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Jim Moore. (MBP list)

Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Kent Co., Maryland (7/29/2020). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Pamela Cowart-Rickman. (MBP list)

A Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Washington Co., Maryland (6/15/2019). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Frederick Co., Maryland (6/20/2020). (c) rborchelt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by rborchelt via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (7/4/2021). (c) pcowartrickmanphoto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Pamela Cowart-Rickman. (MBP list)

Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/26/2020). (c) cif, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by cif via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/8/2020). Photo by Frode Jacobsen. (MBP list)

Bombus fervidus in Clinton Co., Iowa (8/7/2010). Photo by Aaron Brees. (MBP list)

A female Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Washington, D.C. (4/15/2016). Image processed by Ashleigh Jacobs. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Washington, D.C. (4/15/2016). Image processed by Ashleigh Jacobs. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Golden Northern Bumble Bee in Washington Co., Maryland (4/15/2016). Image processed by Ashleigh Jacobs. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)


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