The Bombus known from Evergreen
	Thorax	Head	Abdomen
californicus
	Pile of scutum in front of tegulae yellow; thoracic pleura black.	Face with black pile.	Gastral tergum four yellow.
flavifrons
	Pile of scutum and scutellum yellow and black mixed; pleura yellow.	Pile of face yellow with black.	Gastral terga 1 and 2 yellow, at least laterally; terga 3 black, sometimes yellow basally; terga 4, 5, 6 mostly black.
melanopygus
	Scutum mixture of yellow and black pile infront of tegulae; scutellum yellow; pleura yellow and black mixed.	Face with mixed yellow and black pile.	Gastral terga 1 yellow laterally, 2 and 3 orange, and 4 through 6 with black pile.
mixtus
	Pile of scutum yellow with black; scutellum yellow mixed with black; pleura yellow.	Pile of Face yellow mixed with black.	Gastral terga 1 and 2 yellow, at least laterally; terga 3 black; terga 4 orange medially, black laterally; terga 5 and 6 brownish white.
occidentalis
	Scutum in front of tegulae yellow; thoracic pleura black.	Pile of face mixture of yellow and black.	Gastral terga 5 and 6 white.
sitkensis
	Pile of scutum and scutellum yellow mixed with black; pleura yellow.	Pile of face yellow with black.	Gastral terga 1 and 2 yellow, at least laterally; terga 3 black; terga 4 yellow basally; terga 5 and 6 yellow.
vosnesenskii
	pile of scutum in front of tegulae yellow. Thoracic pleura black.	Face with yellow pile.	Gastral tergum four yellow.
Bombus probably occurring at Evergreen Illustrations from Heinrich (1979).
appositus
bifarius
caliginosus
nevadensis
rufocinctus

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