Bombus impatiens  (Common Eastern Bumble Bee)

© Rosemary Taylor (Photo ID #14585)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Sturgeon Banks dyke, Richmond
Photographer	Rosemary Taylor
Habitat	Rose bush at along dyke
Photo Date	September 19, 2011
Upload Date	September 19, 2011
Elevation (m)
Latitude	49.1732711791992
Longitude	-123.200256347656
Photo ID #	14585
Comments	ID by Robbin Thorp: "This is a worker of Bombus impatiens, the Eastern Bumble Bee, which has been imported for use in commercial pollination of greenhouse tomatoes. This is an unfortunate example of where a non-native bumble bee seems to have escaped from culture and currently appears to be establishing and invading British Columbia."