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A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera (e.g., Calyptapis) are known from fossils.
Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee may be classified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act after a recommendation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. This social parasite is native to 15 ...
Bombus pensylvanicus is host to one "cuckoo" bumble bee species, B. variabilis. [7] Hibernating queen bumble bees are parasitized by a nematode worm, Sphaerularia bombi. This parasite does not reduce life span, but instead causes the sterilization of the queen.
Bombus crotchii, commonly called Crotch's bumble bee, is a species of bumblebee named after the entomologist George Robert Crotch. [2] It is classified as endangered due to the impacts of pesticides, climate change, and human development. [1]
MADISON, Wis. — Federal wildlife officials announced Wednesday they will consider adding 10 new species to the Endangered Species Act, including a big bumble bee that serves as a key pollinator ...
Bombus affinis, commonly known as the rusty patched bumble bee, is a species of bumblebee endemic to North America. [3] Its historical range in North America has been throughout the east and upper Midwest of the United States, [4] north to Ontario, Canada, where it is considered a "species at risk", [5] east to Quebec, south to Georgia, and west to the Dakotas. [5]
Federal wildlife officials announced Wednesday they will consider adding 10 new species to the Endangered Species Act, including a big bumble bee that serves as a key pollinator across the United ...
Franklin's bumblebee (Bombus franklini) is one of the most narrowly distributed bumblebee species, [3] making it a critically endangered bee of the western United States. [4] It lives only in a 190-by-70-mile (310 by 110 km) area in southern Oregon and northern California, between the Coast and Sierra-Cascade mountain ranges. It was last seen ...