Flight Periods

 

Select common names to view flight period histograms (1864-2015). Histograms include queens, workers, and males.

Common Name Scientific Name Earliest Latest
Rusty-patched Bumble Bee Bombus affinis 12-Jun 10-Oct
Ashton's Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus ashtoni 24-May 9-Sep
Two-spotted Bumble Bee Bombus bimaculatus 12-May 12-Oct
Northern Amber Bumble Bee Bombus borealis 21-May 14-Oct
Lemon Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus citrinus 28-Jun 6-Sep
Fernald's Cuckoo Bumble Bee Bombus fernaldae 8-Jul 6-Aug
Yellow Bumble Bee Bombus fervidus 31-May 23-Sep
Brown-belted Bumble Bee Bombus griseocollis 13-May 25-Sep
Common Eastern Bumble Bee Bombus impatiens 5-May 10-Nov
Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee  Bombus insularis 10-Aug 12-Aug
American Bumble Bee Bombus pensylvanicus 21-Apr 12-Aug
Confusing Bumble Bee Bombus perplexus 2-May 19-Sep
Red-belted Bumble Bee Bombus rufocinctus 9-Jun 4-Sep
Sanderson's Bumble Bee Bombus sandersoni 21-May 23-Sep
Tri-colored Bumble Bee Bombus ternarius 26-Apr 21-Oct
Yellow-banded Bumble Bee Bombus terricola 12-May 30-Sep
Half-black Bumble Bee Bombus vagans 14-May 13-Oct
       
Other Target Bees      
       
Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica 2-Jul 16-Sep
Giant Resin Bee Megachile sculpturalis    
European Wool-carder Bee Anthidium manicatum