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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.
Crotch's bumble bee is a state endangered species that was last evaluated by IUCN in April 2014. [1] In 2019, the species' global status was listed as imperiled. The rationale provided was as follows: "This species has a modest range extent and within that, it is restricted to a very limited climatic range.
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 ...
The bumble bee population has declined sharply in the ... The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2022 to include the bee on the Endangered Species ...
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 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]
Thousands of small bee species remain poorly understood. Case in point: About 40% of the bee species assessed so far by the International Union for Conservation of Nature are bumblebees. This is ...
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 ...