Bombus vandykei
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
Bombus vandykei, the Van Dyke's bumblebee, is a species of bumble bees in the family Apidae. It is found in North America. The IUCN conservation status of Bombus vandykei is "LC", least concern, with no immediate threat to the species' survival. The population is stable. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Yosemite National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Los Angeles | 🇺🇸 United States |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Van Dyke's Bumble Bee sighting in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, based on 22 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 39th most-seen of the 161 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and August
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Van Dyke's Bumble Bee in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months. Those are among Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks's driest months, with about 40 mm of rain a month against 190 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Van Dyke's 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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Van Dyke's Bumble Bee sightings, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Yosemite National Park (United States, about 10%) and Olympic National Park (United States, under 5%).
Same genus: Bombus
The closest relatives of the Van Dyke's Bumble Bee that you can see in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (genus Bombus, Bumble Bees) are Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee (about 40%), Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee (about 10%) and Vancouver Bumble Bee (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Van Dyke's Bumble Bee is recorded against all the insects logged in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (22 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.
