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Franklin's Bumble Bee
Plate 1 of 1. James P. Strange, USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect Research Unit, no known copyright restrictions (public domain) · via iNaturalist
IUCN CR · Critically endangered

Franklin's Bumble Bee

Bombus franklini

Franklin's bumblebee (Bombus franklini) is known to be one of the most narrowly distributed bumblebee species, making it a critically endangered bee of the western United States. It is known only from a 190-by-70-mile (310 by 110 km) area in southern Oregon and northern California, between the Coast and Sierra-Cascade mountain ranges. It was also abundant in southwest Washington. It was last seen in 2006. Franklin's bumblebee is known to collect and nectar pollen from several wildflowers,...

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