Large Carpenter Bee
Two-spotted Bumble Bee (Note very similar to the Common Eastern Bumble Bee)
Red-belted Bumble Bee on Nodding Onion
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee - Lays eggs in other nest. Young are raised by the colony.
Half Black Bumble Bee
Black and Gold Bumble Bee
Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Two Spotted Bumble Bee
Red-belted Bumble Bee
Golden Northern Bumble Bee
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Red-belted Bumble Bee
American Bumble Bee
Following images are bumble bees images were taken at Schweitzer Woods as part study of insect located on the property which is being restored to its native savahnah habitat. Images are copyrighted Friends of the Fox River and Schweitzer Environmental Center. Please ask permission for publication of any images. Note that Bombus group has 20 different species in our area.