Species of bee

Bombus mixtus

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Hymenoptera
Family:  | Apidae
Genus:  | Bombus
Subgenus:  | Pyrobombus
Species:  |

B. mixtus

Binomial name
Bombus mixtus

Cresson, 1878[1]

Bombus mixtus is a species of bumblebee. It is native to western North America, where it occurs in western Canada and the United States. It is also disjunct in the Great Lakes region.[1] It is known commonly as the fuzzy-horned bumblebee,[1] tricoloured bumblebee,[2] orange-belted bumblebee, and mixed bumblebee.[3]

This bee lives in mountain habitat, and taiga and tundra habitat in northern areas. It lives in open, grassy habitat, chaparral, shrublands, and meadows. It feeds at the flowers of ceanothus, fireweed, coyote mints, penstemons, phacelias, rhododendrons, and groundsels. It nests underground or on the surface.[1]

## References[edit]

Wikispecies has information related to Bombus mixtus.

1. ^ a b c d e Hatfield, R., et al. 2014. Bombus mixtus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 08 March 2016.
2. ^ Bombus mixtus Cresson, 1878. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia, University of British Columbia.
3. ^ Bombus mixtus. Biodiversity of the Central Coast. University of Victoria.

## External links[edit]

* NatureServe. 2015. Bombus mixtus. NatureServe Explorer Version 7.1. Accessed 8 March 2016.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q1815716
* Wikispecies: Bombus mixtus
* BioLib: 765070
* BOLD: 84772
* BugGuide: 180221
* CoL: MFPW
* EoL: 1065347
* GBIF: 1340485
* iNaturalist: 319125
* ITIS: 714822
* IUCN: 44937898
* NatureServe: 2.111524
* NCBI: 207640

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