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title: "Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee"
description: "Bombus flavifrons — Insecten en spinnen. Bombus flavifrons, the yellow-fronted bumble bee or yellowhead bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/yellow-fronted-bumble-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

> Bombus flavifrons — Insecten en spinnen. Bombus flavifrons, the yellow-fronted bumble bee or yellowhead bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee.

- Scientific name: *Bombus flavifrons*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13142
- Wikidata: [Q4310121](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4310121)
- iNaturalist taxon: [119308](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/119308)

## Names

- en: Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee
- fr: Bourdon à front jaune

## Countries with the most observations

CA (5720), US (3722)

## Summary

Bombus flavifrons, the yellow-fronted bumble bee or yellowhead bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee. It is native to North America, where it is distributed across much of Canada, Alaska, and the western contiguous United States.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: ChrisMcV · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80925296

## Machine access

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