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Bombus impatiens

Common names: common eastern bumble bee, bumblebees, bumblebee, bumble bee, commercial bumble bee

Authority: Cresson

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae

Roles: study subject, comparison species, pollinator, referenced species

ITIS TSN: 714812

Synonyms: B. impatiens, Bombus impatiens, Bombus

External: RMBL Collections · iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 35 | Mentions: 39

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 72 entities)

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Publications (38)

student_paper

A Hard Day’s Buzz: how water availability shapes floral rewards and pollinator foraging on Heliomeris multiflora

2026Role: text_match

thesis

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

2025Role: study subject

thesis

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

2025Role: text_match

article

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

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

student_paper

Quantifying ethanol in bumble bee honey and Colorado rocky mountain wildflowers

2025Role: study subject

article

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: 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

Fit or Unlit: using quantum dots to investigate the effects of a floricolous yeast and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Co-occurring Species

2024Role: pollinator

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

An evidence-based rationale for a North American commercial bumble bee clean stock certification program

2023Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

article

Emergent social structure is typically not associated with survival in a facultatively social mammal

2023Biology LettersRole: text_match

article

Parasites, parasitoids, and hive products that are potentially deleterious to wild and commercially raised bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in North America

2023Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

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

article

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

2022Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesRole: 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

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

article

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

2021OecologiaRole: comparison species

article

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

2019American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Stoichiometry and infectious disease: Linking chemical elements and parasitic interactions

2019Role: study subject

thesis

Stoichiometry and infectious disease: Linking chemical elements and parasitic interactions

2019Role: text_match

thesis

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

2018Role: text_match

thesis

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

2018Role: study subject

article

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

2015PLoS OneRole: text_match

thesis

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

2015Role: text_match

article

Secondary compounds in floral rewards of toxic rangeland plants: impacts on pollinators

2014Journal of Agricultural and Food ChemistryRole: test subject for effects of ne

article

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

2013Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Norditerpene alkaloid concentrations in tissues and floral rewards of larkspurs and impacts on pollinators

2013Biochemical Systematics and EcologyRole: pollinator

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: pollinator

article

Pollination potential of male bumble bees (Bombus impatiens): movement patterns and pollen-transfer efficiency

2010Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

article

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in Delphinium barbeyi

2009American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

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

thesis

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

2004TSpaceRole: text_match

article

Heterogeneity among floral visitors leads to discordance between removal and deposition of pollen

1991EcologyRole: pollinator

Bombus impatiens

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 72 entities)

Publications (38)

A Hard Day’s Buzz: how water availability shapes floral rewards and pollinator foraging on Heliomeris multiflora

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

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

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

Quantifying ethanol in bumble bee honey and Colorado rocky mountain wildflowers

Shorter seasonal snow cover poses a risk to solitary bee populations in a mountainous ecosystem

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

Fit or Unlit: using quantum dots to investigate the effects of a floricolous yeast and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Co-occurring Species

Bombus

Apis mellifera

Hymenoptera

Bombus terrestris

Bombus flavifrons

Bombus appositus

Beetles

Bombus bifarius

solitary bees

Asteraceae

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?

An evidence-based rationale for a North American commercial bumble bee clean stock certification program

Emergent social structure is typically not associated with survival in a facultatively social mammal

Parasites, parasitoids, and hive products that are potentially deleterious to wild and commercially raised bumble bees (Bombus spp.) in North America

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

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

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

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

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

Pollen and vegetative secondary chemistry of three pollen-rewarding lupines

Stoichiometry and infectious disease: Linking chemical elements and parasitic interactions

Stoichiometry and infectious disease: Linking chemical elements and parasitic interactions

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

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

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

The evolutionary ecology of ultraviolet floral pigmentation

Secondary compounds in floral rewards of toxic rangeland plants: impacts on pollinators

Dose-dependent effects of nectar alkaloids in a montane plant-pollinator community

Norditerpene alkaloid concentrations in tissues and floral rewards of larkspurs and impacts on pollinators

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Pollination potential of male bumble bees (<i>Bombus impatiens</i>): movement patterns and pollen-transfer efficiency

Effects of flowering plant density on pollinator visitation, pollen receipt, and seed production in <i>Delphinium barbeyi</i>

Reciprocal benefits in a plant-pollinator mutualism

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

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

Heterogeneity among floral visitors leads to discordance between removal and deposition of pollen