Below is the list of bumble bee (Bombus) and large carpenter bee (Xylocopa) species that have been recorded in Vermont. Detailed information on phenology and distribution can be found through the species accounts linked in the table. The table also includes information about Vermont and Federal Threatened and Endangered status, Regional and Vermont Species of Greatest Conservation Need from the Wildlife Action Plan, and assigned State and Global conservation ranks.
Species accounts generated during the initial bumble bee atlas (circa 2015) can be found here.
| Species | Subgenus | Common Name | G-rank | S-rank | Endangered or Threatened | Species of Greatest Concervation Need (VT/Regional) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombus auricomus | (Bombias) | Black-and-gold Bumble Bee | G5 | SU | ||
| Bombus affinis | (Bombus) | Rusty-patched Bumble Bee | G2 | SX | State and Federally Endangered | High/Very High |
| Bombus terricola | (Bombus) | Yellow-banded Bumble Bee | G3G4 | S3 | State Threatened | High/Moderate |
| Bombus rufocinctus | (Cullumanobombus) | Red-belted Bumble Bee | G5 | S3 | Medium/Not Ranked | |
| Bombus fervidus | (Fervidobombus) | Golden Northern Bumble Bee | G3G4 | S2S3 | Medium/Watchlist | |
| Bombus pensylvanicus | (Fervidobombus) | American Bumble Bee | G3G4 | SH | State Endangered | High/Watchlist |
| Bombus ashtoni | (Psithyrus) | Ashton's Cuckoo-Bumble Bee | G3G5 | SX | State Endangered | High/Very High |
| Bombus citrinus | (Psithyrus) | Lemon Cuckoo-Bumble Bee | G4 | S2 | Medium/Watchlist | |
| Bombus flavidus | (Psithyrus) | Yellowish Cuckoo-Bumble Bee | G5? | S3 | Low/Not Ranked | |
| Bombus insularis | (Psithyrus) | Indiscriminate Cuckoo-Bumble bee | G3 | S1 | High/Watchlist | |
| Bombus bimaculatus | (Pyrobombus) | Two-spotted Bumble Bee | G5 | S5 | ||
| Bombus impatiens | (Pyrobombus) | Common Eastern Bumble Bee | G5 | S5 | ||
| Bombus perplexus | (Pyrobombus) | Perplexing Bumble Bee | G5 | S4 | ||
| Bombus sandersoni | (Pyrobombus) | Sanderson's Bumble Bee | G5 | S3 | ||
| Bombus ternarius | (Pyrobombus) | Tricolored Bumble Bee | G5 | S5 | ||
| Bombus vagans | (Pyrobombus) | Half-black Bumble Bee | G4 | S5 | ||
| Bombus griseocollis | (Separatobombus) | Brown-belted Bumble Bee | G5 | S4S5 | ||
| Bombus borealis | (Subterraneobombus) | Northern Amber Bumble Bee | G4G5 | S4 |
