Bombus terrestris

Common names: buff-tailed bumblebee, bumblebees, bumble bee, bumblebee

Authority: Linnaeus

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae

Roles: study subject, comparison species, nectar robber, pollinator, referenced species, outgroup, habitat component

ITIS TSN: 714842

Synonyms: B. terrestris, Bombus terrestris, Bombus

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 73 | Mentions: 83

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 74 entities)

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Publications (78)

student_paper

Documenting Activity Levels of Discovered Seasonal Native Bombus Nests

2026Role: mentioned in cited literature

student_paper

The Popular Patch: Co-foraging behavior of Bombus spp. in a subalpine meadow

2026Role: text_match

student_paper

Understanding Impact of Bombus spp. Intraspeciﬁc Body Mass Variation on Foraging Behavior on Delphinium barbeyi

2026Role: text_match

article

Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

2025Ecology and EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

Dimensions of difference: Multi-scale consequences of trait variation in bumble bees

2025Role: text_match

article

Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

2025EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

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

article

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

Documents (2)

federal proposed rule

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket), Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue), and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia)

technical report

Water Rights 2001- Part 2

Co-occurring Species

2025Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Testing the marginal value theorem on Bombus appositus and Bombus nevadensis

2025Role: text_match

article

Wild foundress queen bumble bees make numerous, short foraging trips and exhibit frequent nest failure: Insights from trap-nesting and RFID tracking

2025Ecology and EvolutionRole: 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

article

Intraspecific body size variation across distributional moments reveals trait filtering processes

2024Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Investigating the potential mechanism behind bumble bee preference for Corydalis flowers inhabited by nectar specialist yeast

2024Role: referenced species

article

The hole truth: why do bumble bees rob flowers more than once?

2024PlantsRole: text_match

article

Antibody development to identify components of IIS and mTOR signaling pathways in lepidopteran species, a set of non-model insects

2023microPublication BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

In your stomach or in your nectar? Disentangling the effects of two pollination-related yeasts on bumblebee behavior and foraging

2023Role: referenced species

thesis

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

2023Role: text_match

thesis

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

2022Role: text_match

article

Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

2022Environmental Entomology Role: study subject

student_paper

The effects of environmental variation on daily abundance patterns and diet breadth of bumble bee species

2022Role: text_match

article

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

2022Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

article

Behavioural responses by a bumble bee to competition with a niche‐constructing congener

2021Journal of Animal EcologyRole: text_match

article

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee Halictus rubicundus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

2021Journal of Chemical EcologyRole: comparison species

student_paper

Comparing pollen distribution on pollinators to floral community composition in the East River Valley

2021Role: text_match

article

The sensory and cognitive ecology of nectar robbing

2021Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionRole: nectar robber

article

Trade-off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions

2021Biological ReviewsRole: text_match

article

Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

2021OecologiaRole: comparison species

article

A Case Study of Novel Landslide Activity Recognition Using ALOS-1 InSAR within the Ragged Mountain Western Hillslope in Gunnison County, Colorado, USA

2020Remote SensingRole: text_match

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Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

2020Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

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Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

2020Frontiers in Plant Science. doi 10.3389/fpls.2020.590347Role: text_match

thesis

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

2019Role: text_match

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Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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Consistent shifts in pollinator-relevant floral coloration along a Rocky Mountain elevation gradient

2018Journal of EcologyRole: pollinator

article

Coordinated species importation policies are needed to reduce serious invasions globally: The case of alien bumblebees in South America

2018Journal of Applied EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018Role: text_match

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Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

2018Role: study subject

article

Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (Osmia spp.)

2018Ecological EntemologyRole: text_match

article

Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

2018OikosRole: text_match

student_paper

Does bumble bee (Bombus spp.) diet breadth vary with differences in floral resource abundance?

2017Role: study subject

article

Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

2017OikosRole: referenced species

article

Interactions between bee foraging and floral resource phenology shape bee populations and communities

2017Current Opinion in Insect ScienceRole: text_match

student_paper

Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee Hoplitis fulgida

2017Role: text_match

article

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect Osmia mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

2016American NaturalistRole: text_match

thesis

Nesting aggregation as a determinant of brood parasitism in mason bees (Osmia spp.)

2016Role: text_match

student_paper

Use of Low Quality Pollen by Asteraceae-Specialist Osmia Mason Bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2016Role: text_match

article

Effects of increased flight on the energetics and life history of the butterfly Speyeria mormonia

2015PLoS OneRole: text_match

student_paper

Exploring the behavioral rules influencing sociality in a facultatively social species, yellow-bellied marmots

2015Role: text_match

article

Genes Suggest Ancestral Colour Polymorphisms Are Shared across Morphologically Cryptic Species in Arctic Bumblebees

2015PLoS OneRole: outgroup

article

Selection of trait combinations through bee and fly visitation to flowers of Polemonium foliosissimum

2014Journal of Evolutionary BiologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of wing wear on the flight metabolic rate of the mormon fritillary butterfly (Speyeria mormonia)

2013Role: text_match

student_paper

Assessing the impacts of long-term pan trapping on native bee populations in sub-alpine ecosystems

2012Role: text_match

article

Local geographic distributions of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: Competition and community structure revisited

2012Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

article

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

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Butterflies show flower colour preferences but not constancy in foraging at four plant species

2011Ecological EntomologyRole: text_match

article

Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

2011Journal of EcologyRole: pollinator

student_paper

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

2010Role: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: pollinator

article

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

2009Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2009Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

thesis

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

2009Role: pollinator

thesis

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers

2008Role: pollinator

thesis

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

Pollination subsidies between wetland and dry meadow habitats

2007Role: pollinator

student_paper

Pollination subsidies between wetland and dry meadow habitats

2007Role: text_match

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Predicting the effects of nectar robbing on plant reproduction: implications of pollen limitation and plant mating system

2007American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

2006Role: text_match

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Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

2006Role: pollinator

article

Evolutionary ecology of facultative paedomorphosis in news and salamanders

2005Biological ReviewsRole: text_match

thesis

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

2004TSpaceRole: pollinator

thesis

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

2004TSpaceRole: text_match

article

Variation in nectar robbing over time, space, and species

2002OecologiaRole: text_match

article

The impact of floral larceny on individuals, populations, and communities

2001OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Are nectar robbers cheaters or mutualists?

2000EcologyRole: nectar robber

article

Consequences of nectar robbing for realized male function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant

2000EcologyRole: text_match

article

Nectar Robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: Effects on Pollinator Behavior and Plant Fitness

1998OecologiaRole: text_match

Bombus terrestris

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 74 entities)

Publications (78)

Documenting Activity Levels of Discovered Seasonal Native Bombus Nests

The Popular Patch: Co-foraging behavior of Bombus spp. in a subalpine meadow

Understanding Impact of Bombus spp. Intraspeciﬁc Body Mass Variation on Foraging Behavior on Delphinium barbeyi

Different aspects of dominance are not equivalent when testing for trade-offs in ant communities

Dimensions of difference: Multi-scale consequences of trait variation in bumble bees

Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

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

Documents (2)

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa skyrocket), Penstemon debilis (Parachute beardtongue), and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque phacelia)

Water Rights 2001- Part 2

Co-occurring Species

Bombus

Apis mellifera

Hymenoptera

Ipomopsis aggregata

Bombus bifarius

Bombus appositus

Asteraceae

Bombus flavifrons

Delphinium

solitary bees

Testing the marginal value theorem on Bombus appositus and Bombus nevadensis

Wild foundress queen bumble bees make numerous, short foraging trips and exhibit frequent nest failure: Insights from trap-nesting and RFID tracking

Effects of Temperature and Competitor Abundance on Bumble Bee Foraging

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

Intraspecific body size variation across distributional moments reveals trait filtering processes

Investigating the potential mechanism behind bumble bee preference for Corydalis flowers inhabited by nectar specialist yeast

The hole truth: why do bumble bees rob flowers more than once?

Antibody development to identify components of IIS and mTOR signaling pathways in lepidopteran species, a set of non-model insects

In your stomach or in your nectar? Disentangling the effects of two pollination-related yeasts on bumblebee behavior and foraging

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

The effects of environmental variation on daily abundance patterns and diet breadth of bumble bee species

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

Behavioural responses by a bumble bee to competition with a niche‐constructing congener

Chemical Variation among Castes, Female Life Stages and Populations of the Facultative Eusocial Sweat Bee <i> Halictus rubicundus </i> (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)

Comparing pollen distribution on pollinators to floral community composition in the East River Valley

The sensory and cognitive ecology of nectar robbing

Trade-off mitigation: a conceptual framework for understanding floral adaptation in multispecies interactions

Understanding pollen specialization in mason bees: a case study of six species

A Case Study of Novel Landslide Activity Recognition Using ALOS-1 InSAR within the Ragged Mountain Western Hillslope in Gunnison County, Colorado, USA

Are ants botanists? Ant associative learning of plant chemicals mediates foraging for carbohydrates

Birds Perceive More Intraspecific Color Variation in Bird-Pollinated Than Bee-Pollinated Flowers

Floral reward strategies, visitor behavior, and plant reproductive outcomes

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

Consistent shifts in pollinator-relevant floral coloration along a Rocky Mountain elevation gradient

Coordinated species importation policies are needed to reduce serious invasions globally: The case of alien bumblebees in South America

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

Examining the impact of pollen diet composition on bee development and lifespan

Nesting aggregation as a predictor of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia spp.</i>)

Why are some plant-nectar robber interactions commensalisms?

Does bumble bee (<i>Bombus spp.</i>) diet breadth vary with differences in floral resource abundance?

Foraging strategy predicts foraging economy in a facultative secondary nectar robber

Interactions between bee foraging and floral resource phenology shape bee populations and communities

Selection for early reproduction in the solitary bee <i>Hoplitis fulgida</i>

Asteraceae pollen provisions protect <i>Osmia</i> mason bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from brood parasitism

Nesting aggregation as a determinant of brood parasitism in mason bees (<i>Osmia</i> spp.)

Use of Low Quality Pollen by Asteraceae-Specialist Osmia Mason Bees (<i>Hymenoptera: Megachilidae</i>)

Effects of increased flight on the energetics and life history of the butterfly <i>Speyeria mormonia</i>

Exploring the behavioral rules influencing sociality in a facultatively social species, yellow-bellied marmots

Genes Suggest Ancestral Colour Polymorphisms Are Shared across Morphologically Cryptic Species in Arctic Bumblebees

Selection of trait combinations through bee and fly visitation to flowers of <i>Polemonium foliosissimum</i>

The effect of wing wear on the flight metabolic rate of the mormon fritillary butterfly (<i>Speyeria mormonia</i>)

Assessing the impacts of long-term pan trapping on native bee populations in sub-alpine ecosystems

Local geographic distributions of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: Competition and community structure revisited

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

Butterflies show flower colour preferences but not constancy in foraging at four plant species

Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

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

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator interactions

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

The effects of mine disturbance and contamination on pollination of subalpine wildflowers

Effect of Soil Metals on Pollination of Subalpine Wildflowers