Bombus ternarius, commonly known as the Orange-belted Bumblebee or Tricoloured Bumble Bee, is a yellow, orange and black bumblebee that is commonly found throughout the eastern United States and parts of Canada.
Description
Bombus ternarius is a small, fairly slender bumblebee. The queen is long, the worker and the drone .
The queen and the workers are black on the head, with a few pale yellow hairs. The anterior and posterior thorax and the first and fourth abdominal segments are yellow, abdominal segments 2 to 3 are orange, and the terminal segments are black.
The drone has a ye...