The following species accounts were created after the completion of the initial bumble bee atlas (2012-2014). Updated accounts can be found here.
The species profiles provide information on each of the 17 bumble bee species and one carpenter bee that have been recorded in Vermont. 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.
Common Name | Scientific Name | Threatened and Endangered | Species of Greatest Conservation Need (Vermont/Regional) | S-Rank | G-rank |
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Rusty-patched Bumble Bee | Bombus affinis | State and Federally Endangered | Vermont/Regional | SX | G2 |
Ashton's Cuckoo Bumble Bee | Bombus ashtoni (bohemicus) | State Endangered | Vermont/Regional | SX | G3G5 |
Black and Gold Bumble Bee | Bombus auricomus | SU | G5 | ||
Two-spotted Bumble Bee | Bombus bimaculatus | S5 | G5 | ||
Northern Amber Bumble Bee | Bombus borealis | S4 | G4G5 | ||
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee | Bombus citrinus | Vermont/Regional | S2 | G4 | |
Yellow Bumble Bee | Bombus fervidus | Vermont/Regional | S2S3 | G3G4 | |
Fernald's Cuckoo Bumble Bee | Bombus flavidus | Vermont | S3 | G5? | |
Brown-belted Bumble Bee | Bombus griseocollis | S4S5 | G5 | ||
Common Eastern Bumble Bee | Bombus impatiens | S5 | G5 | ||
American Bumble Bee | Bombus pensylvanicus | State Endangered | Vermont/Regional | SH | G3G4 |
Confusing Bumble Bee | Bombus perplexus | Vermont | S4 | G5 | |
Red-belted Bumble Bee | Bombus rufocinctus | Vermont | S3 | G5 | |
Sanderson's Bumble Bee | Bombus sandersoni | S3 | G5 | ||
Tri-colored Bumble Bee | Bombus ternarius | S5 | G5 | ||
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee | Bombus terricola | State Threatened | Vermont/Regional | S3 | G3G4 |
Half-black Bumble Bee | Bombus vagans | S5 | G4 | ||
Eastern Carpenter Bee | Xylocopa virginica | S4 | G5 |