Hunt's Bumble Bee
Bombus huntii
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Bombus huntii is a species of bumblebee. It is native to western North America, where it occurs in western Canada and the United States as far east as Ontario and Minnesota, and in Mexico as far south as the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt. It is known commonly as the Hunt bumblebee or Hunt's bumblebee. This bee's whole genome has been recently sequenced as part of the Beenome100 project.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Bombus