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The bee lives for about two weeks before dying. The fly then pupates and spends the winter inside the bee, fully developed, before it emerges the following year. 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 ...
B. polaris is a social bee that can survive at near freezing temperatures. [1] It has developed multiple adaptations to live in such cold temperatures. B. polaris has a thicker coat of hair than most bees, utilizes thermoregulation , and makes insulated nests.
North American bumble bees would have had no prior resistance to this pathogen. Upon returning to North America, affected bumble bees interacted and spread the disease to wild populations. [3] B. occidentalis and B. franklini were affected in the western United States. [8] B. affinis and B. terricola were affected in the eastern United States. [8]
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.
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]
Bombus melanopygus, the black-tailed bumble bee, [2] black tail bumble bee [1] or orange-rumped bumblebee, [3] is a species of bumblebee native to western North America. This bee is widely distributed across western North America, from the Pacific to the Rocky Mountains, and from Alaska to Baja California.
Bombus terricola, the yellow-banded bumble bee, is a species of bee in the genus Bombus. It is native to southern Canada and the east and midwest of the United States. It possesses complex behavioral traits, such as the ability to adapt to a queenless nest, choose which flower to visit, and regulate its temperature to fly during cold weather.
Bombus fervidus, the golden northern bumble bee or yellow bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee native to North America. It has a yellow-colored abdomen and thorax. Its range includes the North American continent, excluding much of the southern United States, Alaska, and the northern parts of Canada. It is common in cities and farmland, with ...