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    (c) Thomas Barbin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    (c) Frank Severson, all rights reserved

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    (c) Thomas Barbin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee

Bombus vosnesenskii

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Bombus vosnesenskii, the yellow-faced bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee native to the west coast of North America, where it is distributed from British Columbia to Baja California. It is the most abundant species of bee in this range, and can be found in both urban and agricultural areas. Additionally, B. vosnesenskii is utilized as an important pollinator in commercial agriculture, especially for greenhouse tomatoes. Though the species is not currently experiencing population decline, urbanization has...

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