🐾 Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens · wildlife atlas entry

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Bombus impatiens , the common eastern bumble bee , is the most commonly encountered bumblebee across much of eastern North America. They can be found in the Eastern Temperate Forest region of the eastern United States, southern Canada, and the eastern Great Plains. Because of their great adaptability, they can live in country, suburbs, and even urban cities. This adaptability makes them a great pollinator species, leading to an increase in their commercial use by greenhouse industry. This... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Common Eastern Bumble Bee — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) scotstewart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by scotstewart · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Bombus impatiens
Rank	species
Community observations	340,402 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Arthropoda › class Insecta › order Hymenoptera › family Apidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Common Eastern Bumble Bee photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Como Park Zoo & Conservatory, Saint Paul, MN, US
(c) Michelle Orcutt, some rights reserved (CC BY) · cc-by

Common Eastern Bumble Bee photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Elgin Heritage Park, Surrey, BC, CA
(c) Bill Apostle Stefanidis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Eastern Bumble Bee photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Hagys Mill Rd, Philadelphia, PA, US
(c) Owen Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Eastern Bumble Bee photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Hicks Way, Amherst, MA, US
(c) Heidi H., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Eastern Bumble Bee photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Amherst, MA, US
(c) Heidi H., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Eastern Bumble Bee photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Kenmore, Akron, OH, USA
(c) Samantha Hudak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Eastern Bumble Bee photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Hastings St FS Ingleton Ave, Burnaby, BC, Canada
(c) Dani L, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Eastern Bumble Bee photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-04-18 · 17A Ave, Delta, BC, CA
(c) Josiah Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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