National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Denali Bumble Bee Guide Denali National Park and Preserve Species Identification: Color patterns of bumble bees can be helpful for identifying species, however, some species share similar patterns. Also, don’t be fooled by bumble bee mimics like flower flies and caribou Bombus jonellus Bombus occidentalis Bombus frigidus Bombus flavifrons Bombus melanopygus Bombus insularis warble flies! White Tail Western Frigid Yellow Head Black Tail Indiscriminate Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Cuckoo Bumble Bee Arctic and high elevation bumble bees: These species are often found high in the alpine tundra; they have larger bodies and longer fur than most other bumble bees in the park. Bombus balteatus Bombus neoboreus Bombus polaris Bombus kluanensis Bombus hyperboreus Bombus bohemicus High Country Active Polar Newly discovered High Arctic Ashton Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Bumble Bee species! Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Sled dog bumble bees: Parasitic bumble bees: Did you know that the These bees use a strategy 2010 litter of Denali similar to cuckoo sled dog puppies were birds—a female invades all named after bumble the nest of another bees? They include bumble bee species, kills Mixtus, Sylvie, and Lucor the host queen, and fools (lucorum was the old the host workers into name for cryptarum). Bombus cryptarum Bombus mixtus Bombus sylvicola raising her young. Bombus flavidus Cryptic Fuzzy-horned Forest Fernald Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Bumble Bee Bee images by Rehanon Pampell Bumble Bee.