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title: "Tricolored Bumble Bee"
description: "Bombus ternarius — Insecten en spinnen. Bombus ternarius, commonly known as the orange-belted bumblebee or tricolored bumblebee, is a yellow, orange and black bumblebee."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/tricolored-bumble-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tricolored Bumble Bee

> Bombus ternarius — Insecten en spinnen. Bombus ternarius, commonly known as the orange-belted bumblebee or tricolored bumblebee, is a yellow, orange and black bumblebee.

- Scientific name: *Bombus ternarius*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 38438
- Wikidata: [Q4451416](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4451416)
- iNaturalist taxon: [127905](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/127905)

## Names

- en: Tricolored Bumble Bee
- fr: Bourdon tricolore

## Countries with the most observations

CA (21779), US (15154)

## Summary

Bombus ternarius, commonly known as the orange-belted bumblebee or tricolored bumblebee, is a yellow, orange and black bumblebee. It is a ground-nesting social insect whose colony cycle lasts only one season, common throughout the northeastern United States and much of Canada. The orange-belted bumblebee forages on Rubus, goldenrods, Vaccinium, and milkweeds found throughout the colony's range. Like many other members of the genus, Bombus ternarius exhibits complex social structure with a reproductive queen caste and a multitude of sister workers with labor such as foraging, nursing, and nest maintenance divided among…

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Bruce Cook · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/215771301

## Machine access

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