Franklin's bumble bee - The Xerces Society

Table 1. Historic and new* localities surveyed for Bombus franklini and numbers of B.
franklini observed from 1998 through 2007 (Thorp 2008). Bolded entries denote that B.
franklini was observed. Surveys were conducted by Dr. Thorp during 2008 and 2009, but
no B. franklini were encountered.
# times visited / # B. franklini found
Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Site ST CO
Sutherlin, W OR Douglas 1/1* 1/0 1/0 2/0 1/0 2/0 3/0 1/0
of
Ashland OR Jackson 1/0 2/0 3/1 4/0 7/0 5/0 2/0
Ashland, OR Jackson 1/0 1/0 1/0 2/0 5/0 1/0 1/0 1/0
ENE (3)
Buncom, E OR Jackson 1/1* 3/0 1/0 1/0
of
Gold Hill, E OR Jackson 4/44* 2/0 7/5 7/0 3/0 4/0 2/0 4/0 2/0 2/0
of
Grizzly Peak OR Jackson 2/0 2/0 1/0 2/0 2/0 2/0 2/0 3/0 1/0 2/0
Jackson OR Jackson 2/2* 2/0 1/0 1/0 1/0
Campground
Kenney OR Jackson 2/3* 2/0 2/0 2/0 1/0 1/0 1/0
Meadows
Lost Creek OR Jackson 1/0 1/0 1/0 1/0
Reservoir
Medford OR Jackson 3/0 3/0 1/0 1/0
Mt. Ashland OR Jackson 3/37 6/19 7/2 5/1 10/19 9/3 13/0 11/0 8/1 7/0
(2)
Phoenix, E OR Jackson 1/0 2/0
of
Ruch OR Jackson 3/3 2/0 2/1 1/0 2/0 2/0
Ruch, S of OR Jackson 1/0 2/0 1/0 2/0 2/0
(2)
1/0
Ruch, SSE OR Jackson 2/0 3/1* 2/0 1/0 2/0
of
1/0
Union Creek OR Jackson 1/0
Selma, S of OR Josephine 1/2* 1/0 1/0
Wonder, W OR Josephine 1/0
of
Mt. Shasta CA Siskiyou 1/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 1/0 2/0 1/0
Hilt CA Siskiyou 2/2 3/0 3/0 1/0 2/0 1/0 1/0 2/0 2/0 1/0
Montague CA Siskiyou 1/0 1/0 1/0
Total B.
94 20 9 1 20 3 0 0 1 0
franklini
seen
New sites
5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
for franklini
B. franklini
22 32 41 33 36 20 31 36 22 17
site visits
Other sites
visited
19 23 14 7 6 8 9 19 14 2
Petition to list the Franklin’s bumble bee (Bombus franklini) as an Endangered Species 9