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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Western Bumble Bee

Bombus occidentalis

Vulnerable

About

A once-common bumble bee of western North America that has experienced dramatic population declines since the late 1990s. They nest underground in abandoned rodent burrows.

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Did You Know?

Their catastrophic decline is linked to a pathogen accidentally spread through commercial bumble bee rearing facilities.