Bombus occidentalis
Western bumblebee
Apidae
Vancouver Island Lower Mainland Coast Galiano
Observation notes
First documented by Cresson, 1878b, with extensive historical record in the Pacific Maritime. Tommasi et al. 2004: Greater Vancouver Area. Ratti et al. 2008: Fraser Valley. Biodiversity Galiano Life List: 1974, Galiano. Guzman et al., 2023: 2012; 2014; 2017, Vancouver Island. 2013, Tsawwassen. 2015, Surrey. NBSBC Bee Atlas Database: 2022, 2023, Vancouver Island. iNaturalist: Vancouver Island, Gulf Islands, Metro Vancouver, from 1988.