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Welcome to Bumble Bee ...

Bumble Bee is located in Yavapai County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Bumble Bee, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1879.

Bumble Bee is 2,570 feet [783 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Bumble Bee is about ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Bumble Bee lies in the Mountain Standard Time Zone (MST) and does not observe daylight saving time

Area Code for Bumble Bee: 928

Going back to its beginning, Bumble Bee was originally named Snyder's Station. For more information about the names of Bumble Bee, see The Names of Bumble Bee on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Bumble Bee ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Bumble Bee.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Bumble Bee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Bumble Bee.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Bumble Bee. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Bumble Bee.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Bumble Bee. See our Newspapers Page for Bumble Bee.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Bumble Bee ...

Looking for more information about Bumble Bee? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

In addition to the Tourism page for Bumble Bee, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Bumble Bee.

Adding Bumble Bee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Bumble Bee in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Bumble Bee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Bumble Bee post office opened in 1879.

We also found Bumble Bee in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Bumble Bee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Arizona's counties, including Yavapai, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Bumble Bee - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/