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Bombus bifarius

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Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae

Roles: pollinator

ITIS TSN: 714787

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 48 | Mentions: 52

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Publications (48)

student_paper

A nectar-inhabiting bacterium may not influence female fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

2025Role: text_match

article

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

student_paper

Observing the effects of a nectar-inhabiting bacterium, Pantoea sp., and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

2025Role: text_match

article

Temperature influences pollinators' choice of floral partners independently of community composition

2025Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Temperature and Competitor Abundance on Bumble Bee Foraging

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

How do Bombus appositus and Bombus bifarius worker tongue lengths vary within a season?

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Pollination Syndrome variance among foraging bumblebee species in Gothic Colorado

Co-occurring Species

2024

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student_paper

Hot and Cold: Assessing the Thermal Limitations of Bumble Bees in a Changing Climate

2023Role: text_match

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The shifting importance of abiotic and biotic factors across the life cycles of wild pollinators

2022Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Within Day Temporal Variation Within Plant-Pollinator Networks

2022Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of climate change on the elevational distribution of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: comparing data across 47 years

2021Role: text_match

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Nectar addition changes pollinator behavior but not plant reproduction in pollen rewarding Lupinus argenteus

2021American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant

2021Biological Invasions doi 10.1007/s10530-021-02457-zRole: text_match

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Bumble bees are constant to nectar-robbing behaviour despite low switching costs

2020Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

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Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

2020OikosRole: text_match

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Untangling the seasonal dynamics of plant-pollinator communities

2020Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17894-yRole: text_match

student_paper

What are the bees' needs? Analyzing the diet breadth for three Rocky Mountain Bumble Bees

2020Role: text_match

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Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

2019Role: text_match

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Invasive plants and water availablity mediate outcomes of plant-pollinator interactions

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Across Caste Variation of Proboscis Length and Within Caste Phenotype Matching of Subalpine Bumble Bees (Bombus spp.)

2018Role: text_match

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Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

2018OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Do the differing pollen foraging strategies of Megachile sp. and Bombus spp. result in differing pollen removal and deposition rates in Lupinus bakeri?

2017Role: text_match

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Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

2017OikosRole: text_match

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Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology

2017Ecology LettersRole: text_match

student_paper

Variability in the effectiveness of Penstemon strictus pollinators and the role that water availability plays

2017Role: text_match

student_paper

Do bees show response diversity to environmental variables in a montane ecosystem?

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Does snowmelt timing affect bumble bee colony abundance?

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

Fungal Phytopathogens Decrease Plant-Insect Interactions.

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of primary and secondary nectar robbing of Ipomopsis aggregata on hummingbird visitation.

2015Role: text_match

student_paper

The influence of aboveground and belowground resources on the persistence of females for a gynodioecious plant

2013Role: text_match

thesis

Plant responses to the joint effects of herbivores and pollinators

2012Role: pollinator

student_paper

The effects of floral traits on the behaviors of pollinators and pre-dispersal seed predators in a gynodioecious species, Polemonium foliosissimum.

2012Role: text_match

article

Activity and abundance of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: diel, seasonal, and elevation effects

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

A study of correlational selection through floral manipulations of Polemonium foliosissimum (Polemoniaceae)

2010Role: text_match

article

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

2010Amer J of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

student_paper

Does stigma-anther separation prevent sexual interference in dwarf bluebells (Mertensia fusiformis)?

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

2009Role: text_match

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Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Rocky Mountain Bombus pathogen survey: Are invasive plants affecting pathogen prevalence and intensity?

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

The effect of sampling effort on species richness estimates of flower visitors

2007Role: text_match

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Effects of nectar robbing on nectar dynamics and bumblebee foraging strategies in Linaria vulgaris

2005OikosRole: text_match

thesis

The ecology of pollination and nectar robbing in Linaria vulgaris in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

2004TSpaceRole: pollinator

article

Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and divergence of pollination modes in Penstemon

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Pollen transport and deposition by bumble bees in Erythronium: influences of floral nectar and bee grooming

1986Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

Bombus bifarius

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 74 entities)

Publications (48)

A nectar-inhabiting bacterium may not influence female fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

Observing the effects of a nectar-inhabiting bacterium, Pantoea sp., and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Temperature influences pollinators' choice of floral partners independently of community composition

The effect of changing floral density on pollinator networks in a subalpine meadow environment

Effects of Temperature and Competitor Abundance on Bumble Bee Foraging

How do Bombus appositus and Bombus bifarius worker tongue lengths vary within a season?

Pollination Syndrome variance among foraging bumblebee species in Gothic Colorado

Co-occurring Species

Bombus

Bombus appositus

B. appositus

Bombus vosnesenskii

Bombus terrestris

B. rufocinctus

B. vosnesenskii

Bombus impatiens

Bombus flavifrons

Ipomopsis

Hot and Cold: Assessing the Thermal Limitations of Bumble Bees in a Changing Climate

The shifting importance of abiotic and biotic factors across the life cycles of wild pollinators

Within Day Temporal Variation Within Plant-Pollinator Networks

Effects of climate change on the elevational distribution of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: comparing data across 47 years

Nectar addition changes pollinator behavior but not plant reproduction in pollen rewarding <i> Lupinus argenteus</i>

Unraveling the ecological and evolutionary impacts of a plant invader on the pollination of a native plant

Bumble bees are constant to nectar-robbing behaviour despite low switching costs

Competition for nectar resources does not affect bee foraging tactic constancy

Temporal flexibility in the structure of plant–pollinator interaction networks

Untangling the seasonal dynamics of plant-pollinator communities

What are the bees' needs? Analyzing the diet breadth for three Rocky Mountain Bumble Bees

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

Invasive plants and water availablity mediate outcomes of plant-pollinator interactions

Across Caste Variation of Proboscis Length and Within Caste Phenotype Matching of Subalpine Bumble Bees (<i>Bombus spp.</i>)

Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

Do the differing pollen foraging strategies of <i>Megachile sp.</i> and <i>Bombus spp.</i> result in differing pollen removal and deposition rates in <i>Lupinus bakeri</i>?

Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

Interannual bumble bee abundance is driven by indirect climate effects on floral resource phenology

Variability in the effectiveness of <i>Penstemon strictus</i> pollinators and the role that water availability plays

Do bees show response diversity to environmental variables in a montane ecosystem?

Does snowmelt timing affect bumble bee colony abundance?

Fungal Phytopathogens Decrease Plant-Insect Interactions.

The effects of primary and secondary nectar robbing of Ipomopsis aggregata on hummingbird visitation.

The influence of aboveground and belowground resources on the persistence of females for a gynodioecious plant

Plant responses to the joint effects of herbivores and pollinators

The effects of floral traits on the behaviors of pollinators and pre-dispersal seed predators in a gynodioecious species, <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>.

Activity and abundance of bumble bees near Crested Butte, CO: diel, seasonal, and elevation effects

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

A study of correlational selection through floral manipulations of <i></i>Polemonium foliosissimum<i></i> (Polemoniaceae)

Consequences of variation in flowering time within and among individuals of <i>Mertensia fusiformis</i> (Boraginaceae), an early spring wildflower

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Does stigma-anther separation prevent sexual interference in dwarf bluebells (<i>Mertensia fusiformis</i>)?

Is there a positive correlation between bee size and size parameters of the flowers the bees visit for pollen to provision their nests?

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

Rocky Mountain Bombus pathogen survey: Are invasive plants affecting pathogen prevalence and intensity?

The effect of sampling effort on species richness estimates of flower visitors

Effects of nectar robbing on nectar dynamics and bumblebee foraging strategies in Linaria vulgaris

The ecology of pollination and nectar robbing in Linaria vulgaris in the Colorado Rocky Mountains

Pollen transfer by hummingbirds and bumblebees, and divergence of pollination modes in <i>Penstemon</i>

Pollen transport and deposition by bumble bees in Erythronium: influences of floral nectar and bee grooming