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Bombus mixtus Cresson, 1878 Bremus edwardsii var russulus Frison, 1927
Life
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apoidea
Apidae
Bombus
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Williams, Paul H., Robbin W. Thorp, Leif L. Richardson, and Sheila R. Colla. Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt6wpzr9.
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Extracted from Jonathan Koch, James Strange ,Paul Williams.2012. Bumble Bees of the Western United States. A product of the U.S. Forest Service and the Pollinator Partnership with funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Fuzzy-horned bumble bee Status: Common Select food plant genera: Rubus, Symphoricarpos, Trifolium, Lupinus, Senecio, Epilobium Tongue Length: Medium Distribution: Pacific coast, east to the Colorado Rocky Mountains; north to Alaska; primarily associated with high elevations and northern latitudes Can be confused with B. frigidus Thorax predominantly clouded with yellow and black, T1 yellow, T2 yellow sometimes black apically, T3 orange sometimes black basally, T4-5 orange, face square. Mid leg basitarsus with the distal posterior corner rounded. Cheek as long as broad. Hair of the face black and yellow intermixed, corbicular fringes extensively pale orange. T2 anterolaterally sometimes with scattered black hairs intermixed. Hair length
medium and uneven.
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Extracted from Bumble Bees and Cuckoo Bumble Bees of California by Thorp, R. (1983). Discussion. B. mixtus belongs to the group of species which includes B. edwardsii, melanopygus, sitkensis, and sylvicola. It appears a Sarcophagidae fly is the principal parasite in nests of B. mixtus.
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