Bombus vancouverensis
Vancouver bumblebee
Apidae
Vancouver Island Lower Mainland Coast Galiano
Observation notes
First documented by Cresson, 1878a, with extensive historical record in the Pacific Maritime (see Best list for historical record to 2000). Biodiversity Galiano Life List: (G.G.E. Scudder), 1987, Galiano. NBSBC Bee Atlas Database: (Zand), 2021, 2022, 2023; (Gazdik), (Cruise), 2022, ((Wong), (Lakes), (Lee), 2023, Vancouver Island. iNaturalist: widespread throughout the Pacific Maritime, from 1978.