How to Capture Bombus Impatiens Bumblebees

Introduce known attractant plants to your garden landscape just before spring, after the final frost in your region. Attractant plants include irises, primrose and a wide range of wildflowers.

Study native plant and insect guides for your region. This gives you insight on where to find a bombus impatiens bumblebee in the wild. They occur throughout most eastern states during early spring to late summer.

Dress in protective clothing and gloves. This prepares you for catching the bumblebee and lowers the risk of getting stung.

Explore natural areas near your region that are best suited to bumblebees. If you live near any wildflower fields, botanical gardens or pumpkin patches, these are the first places you should check. Later in the season, bombus impatiens bumblebees are attracted to pumpkin blossoms, squash blossoms and other edible flowers.

Observe the areas you explore quietly and carefully. Keep your mason jar opened and ready in case you see a bumblebee. Ordinarily, these dense flying insects can be heard before they are seen. They have a loud, low-pitched whirring sound. They ordinarily hover near the freshly opened blossoms of flowers, and they appear to bob up and down slightly in the air.

Grasp the mason jar in one hand and approach the pollinating bumblebee carefully and slowly, so as not to disturb it. Quickly scoop the bee into the jar in mid-air with the cap of the jar in your other hand. You must be quick and promptly secure the lid onto the jar before the bee can find its way out of it.