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Yellow Faced Bumble Bee

Posted by December 12th, 2008 at 10:02 am

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Bumble Bees

Is this a bee or a beatle?
Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:37 PM
This was on our back deck here in the Seattle area. I thought it was dead because it didn’t move for almost two days. We put it in a jar for my step-son to take to his science teacher to find out, but the bug was lost.
Kamala Plaisted
Bellevue, Washington

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Yellow Faced Bumble Bee

Hi Kamala,
We believe this is a Yellow Faced Bumble Bee, Bombus vosnesenskii.  According to BugGuide, it is found in Washington State as well as the rest of the west coast states.

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