Bombus mixtus
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Bombus mixtus is a species of bumblebee. It is native to western North America, where it occurs in western Canada and the United States. It is also disjunct in the Great Lakes region. It is known commonly as the fuzzy-horned bumblebee, tricoloured bumblebee, orange-belted bumblebee, and mixed bumblebee.
This bee lives in mountain habitat, and taiga and tundra habitat in northern areas. It lives in open, grassy habitat, chaparral, shrublands, and meadows. It feeds at the flowers of ceanothus, fireweed, coyote mints, penstemons, phacelias, rhododendrons, and groundsels. It nests underground or on the surface.
NatureServe. 2015. Bombus mixtus. NatureServe Explorer Version 7.1. Accessed 8 March 2016. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 3 | Kluane National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 4 | Denali National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 5 | Glacier National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 7 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Grand Teton National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Banff National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 10 | Yellowstone National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Rocky Mountain National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Jasper National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee sighting in Banff National Park on a given day, based on 27 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 32nd most-seen of the 105 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee in Banff National Park on a given day, against under 5% in October to May, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
9th of 12
Of the 12 parks where we can rate Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee sightings, Banff National Park ranks 9th at about 10%. The best odds are in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (United States, about 40%), Pacific Rim National Park Reserve (Canada, about 30%) and Kluane National Park (Canada, about 20%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Bombus
The closest relatives of the Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee that you can see in Banff National Park (genus Bombus, Bumble Bees) are Black-Tailed Bumble Bee (about 10%), Vancouver Bumble Bee (about 10%) and Cryptic Bumble Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Banff National Park (27 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
