In the Here Comes Tomorrow future, Bumbleboy was a high flying mutant superhero. With his ability to communicate with insects, Bumbleboy was the X-men's liaison with a species of mutated termites called the Termids in Africa. However when the Phoenix appeared to remove an "evolutionary dead-end" and destroyed the Termids, she also killed Bumbleboy, reducing him to ashes, but leaving his skull intact. Phoenix spoke to Bumbleboy through his skull as she guided him to the White Hot Room and his mentioning the X-Men jarred her memories of her former allies.