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title: "Two-spotted Bumble Bee"
description: "Bombus bimaculatus — Insekten & Spinnen. The two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus) is a species of social bumble bee found in the eastern half of the United States and the adjacent south-eastern part of Canada."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/two-spotted-bumble-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Two-spotted Bumble Bee

> Bombus bimaculatus — Insekten & Spinnen. The two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus) is a species of social bumble bee found in the eastern half of the United States and the adjacent south-eastern part of Canada.

- Scientific name: *Bombus bimaculatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 81450
- Wikidata: [Q2389840](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2389840)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52779](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52779)

## Names

- en: Two-spotted Bumble Bee
- fr: Bourdon à deux points

## Countries with the most observations

US (61102), CA (13389)

## Summary

The two-spotted bumble bee (Bombus bimaculatus) is a species of social bumble bee found in the eastern half of the United States and the adjacent south-eastern part of Canada. In older literature this bee is often referred to as Bremus bimaculatus, Bremus being a synonym for Bombus. The bee's common name comes from the two yellow spots on its abdomen. Unlike many of the other species of bee in the genus Bombus, B. bimaculatus is not on the decline, but instead is very stable. They are abundant pollinators that forage at a variety of plants.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spotted_bumble_bee

## Photo

![Two-spotted Bumble Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/two-spotted-bumble-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kristi Zoebelein · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216414159

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/two-spotted-bumble-bee?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).