Left image is of a Yellow-banded Bumble Bee foraging on the ground, photo by Liz Spence. The bee is photographed from above and the thorax and wings are black and there are distinct yellow bands split by a thin line of black along the abdomen. Right image is of the same, Yellow-banned bumble bee photographed by Liz Spence, from above but showing a profile view. The bee’s black head is visible with a yellow band separating the head and thorax. Text: Yellow-Banded Bumble Bee. Within a single year the Yellow-banded Bumble Bee life cycle comes to completion. The Queen that builds a colony throughout the summer will perish alongside all the worker and male bees come late autumn. Only those who become new queens and have mated will survive to begin the cycle again next Spring. #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #YellowBandedBumbleBee Logo: Museum of Natural History a part of the NSM.

The #YellowBandedBumbleBee and other bee species are facing declining numbers due to threats from invasive species, infectious pathogens, parasites, pesticides, and severe weather events because of climate change.
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Central image is a photograph of a Yellow-banded Bumble Bee resting on a light purple flower (from Yellow_banded_bumble_bee_Management_Plan_13Feb25.pdf ). The Bee’s head is black and facing into the flower, the wings are extended back. There is a yellow strip between the head and thorax. The bee’s abdomen is banded black, thick yellow, thin black line, thick yellow and the end tip is black. Text: Yellow-Banded Bumble Bee. Pink circle: Vulnerable Species at Risk. The first Bumble Bees sighted during Spring are sole Queens after they emerge from winter hibernation. Bubble Bee colonies dependent on Queens establishing new hives each year. They not only lay eggs but forage and care for the first brood alone. #YellowBandedBumbleBee #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk. Logo: Museum of Natural History a part of the NSM.

The #YellowBandedBumbleBee can forage pollen and nectar from a variety of floral resources however they need a continual source of this resource throughout the growing season. The loss of natural habitats to urban expansion impacts all pollinators. #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #Bee

Title page: Nova Scotia Wildlife Spotlight. Species at Risk. Five coloured circles from left to right: Yellow is for endangered, orange is for threatened, pink is for vulnerable, violet is for extirpated, navy blue is for extinct. Image of the sky looking through trees from below. A weekly post spotlighting a different species currently at risk in Nova Scotia. #NSWildlifeSpotlight. Logo: Museum of Natural History a part of the NSM.

The #YellowBandedBumbleBee is VULNERABLE in Nova Scotia.
A native pollinator to North America and Canada the Yellow-banded Bumble Bee is a medium-sized bumble bee, which appears mostly black with two wide bands of yellow across there abdomen. #NSWildifeSpotlight #SpeciesAtRisk #Bee

A few of my critter shots are featured in this spring edition of Harrowsmith magazine 🍁🐝 Thanks, @wwfcanada.org
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Bumblebee Ball python sticker featuring endangered bumble bees.

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A sticker design with a bumblebee bee morph ball python in the center of a ring of bumble bees & a flower crown of Bumble Bee Primroses.

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