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Bombus impatiens, the common eastern bumblebee, is the most commonly encountered bumblebee across much of eastern North America. [3] They can be found in the Eastern temperate forest region of the eastern United States , southern Canada , and the eastern Great Plains . [ 4 ]
The red-tailed bumblebee is a very important pollinator. For many plants, such as certain species of Viscaria , only bees and butterflies have proboscides long enough to pollinate effectively. [ 3 ] For example, studies have showm that B. lapidarius have a high feeding density relative to other bee species. [ 3 ]
Bombus terrestris, the buff-tailed bumblebee or large earth bumblebee, is one of the most numerous bumblebee species in Europe. It is one of the main species used in greenhouse pollination , and so can be found in many countries and areas where it is not native, such as Tasmania . [ 2 ]
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.
The list presented here is a checklist of global bumblebee [1] species (Tribe Bombini) based on the Bombus phylogeny presented by Cameron et al (2007) [2] and grouped by subgenus following the revision of Williams et al (2008). [3]
This species is large in comparison to other bumblebees and is unusual among bumblebees because the hairs of the abdomen appear flattened rather than fluffy like most other bumblebees. Queens range in size from 0.97 to 1.07 inches (25-27 mm) while workers range in size from 0.56 to 0.75 inches (15-19 mm). [ 6 ]
They have very large eyes that span about two thirds the width of the head. The face and thorax have yellow hairs and the abdomen is banded with yellow, yellow-brown, and black. [4] Eggs are white, robust, and slightly curved. The average length is 2.91 mm with a range of 2.8-3.1 mm and the diameter range is 0.8-1.00 mm. [5]
Bombus lucorum is part of the order Hymenoptera which consists of ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies, and the family Apidae which comprises bees. It is also part of the genus Bombus which consists of bumblebees, and the subgenus Bombus sensu stricto, which contains five species in Europe: B. terrestris, B. sporadicus, B. lucorum, B. magnus, and B. cryptarum. [2]