https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-endangered-rusty-patch-bumblebee-zbwz1803zsau/ Fri, 14 Feb 2020 17:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-endangered-rusty-patch-bumblebee-zbwz1803zsau/#comment-100483 Thu, 07 Nov 2019 14:33:40 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3909#comment-100483 I have 2 types of hairy butt bees that come to visit. One loves peppermint in bloom, which I am not sure visits anymore. The other the one I call bumblebee loves comfrey in bloom and still visits. I am in northwest AR.

]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-endangered-rusty-patch-bumblebee-zbwz1803zsau/#comment-74456 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 04:01:46 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3909#comment-74456 Are there any plans or a way that we can reintroduce them to areas that they were previously in? I am in Rochester, NY and I have many bumblebees in my gardens every year and have taken many pictures. I have never looked closely for the “rusty Patch” on any of my bees but I will be extra careful this summer to see if I can find some.

]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-endangered-rusty-patch-bumblebee-zbwz1803zsau/#comment-74151 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:30:33 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3909#comment-74151 I have seen and documented the rusty patch bumble bee in both Michigan and Colorado in 2017. Just a heads up. They aren’t all gone. 🙂

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