08/19/2025
RARE BEE SIGHTING! 🚨🐝
A rusty patched bumble bee sighting was recently confirmed after being found dead near Kalamazoo, Michigan and reported to iNaturalist. While Michigan was part of this bee's historic range, since 2000 this bee has only been reported in 13 states and 1 Canadian province: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada.
Shoutout to Nathan Rank for sharing this amazing discovery!
📷 Nathan Rank/CC BY-NC 4.0 https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/548620218