Bombus

Common names: bumblebees, bumble bees, bumble bee, bumblebee, queen bumblebees, bumble-bees

Taxonomy: Animalia > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae

Roles: pollinator, competitor, study subject, host, referenced, habitat component

Synonyms: bumblebee queens, queen bumblebees, Bombus, Bombus spp., queen bumble bees, bumblebees, bumble bees, bees, Bombus genus, Bombus spp, Bombus species, Bombus queens, Bombus workers

Bombus

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Publications (365)

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

Documenting Activity Levels of Discovered Seasonal Native Bombus Nests

Salticidae and Flowers: Are Alpine Jumping Spiders Accidental Pollen Vectors

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

Within-day Variation in Pollinator Activity on Frasera speciosa in a Mast Year

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

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

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)

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Endangered Status for Ipomopsis polyantha (Pagosa Skyrocket) and Threatened Status for Penstemon debilis (Parachute Beardtongue) and Phacelia submutica (DeBeque Phacelia)

Co-occurring Species

Delphinium

Apis mellifera

Ipomopsis aggregata

Hymenoptera

Bombus flavifrons

Bombus appositus

solitary bees

Bombus bifarius

Bombus occidentalis

Delphinium barbeyi

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

Foraging preferences of generalist Megachilidae

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

Improving plant DNA metabarcoding accuracy with ecological filters and Angiosperms353: Field and pollen microscopy validation

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

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

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

Testing the marginal value theorem on Bombus appositus and Bombus nevadensis

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

Up high, hot and dry: Individual reproductive output in subalpine bees declines with increasing drought severity

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

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

Does Floral Nectar Depth Correlate With Pollinator Proboscis Length?

Effects of Temperature and Competitor Abundance on Bumble Bee Foraging

Elucidating the influence of a nectar yeast and nectar robbing on bumblebee foraging tactic constancy

Estimating Local Abundance of Bombus Queens in Meadows of Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA

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

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

Impact of Decreased Flower Attractiveness on Pollinator Visitation Rates and Pollinator Community Composition

Intraspecific body size variation across distributional moments reveals trait filtering processes

Nowhere to go but Up: Investigating Bumble Bee population Shifts over Elevational Gradients

Phenological drivers and consequences for solitary bees

Plant-Pollinator Interactions between Erigeron speciosus and Heterotheca villosa in Virginia Basin

Pollination Syndrome variance among foraging bumblebee species in Gothic Colorado

Solitary bee genera differ in foraging activity timing and temperature; Evidence of a seasonal dietary shift in Hoplitis fulgida

The effects of elevation on flower abundance and pollinator visits on Helianthella quinquenervis

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

Biotic and abiotic drivers of plant-pollinator interaction rewiring

Characterization of thermal tolerance in sub-alpine bumblebee species

Community context mediates effects of pollinator loss on seed production

Do pollinator and plant diversity vary with microclimate heterogeneity?

Effects of Microclimate Variation on Diversity of Plants and Pollinators

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

Endosymbionts that threaten commercially raised and wild bumble bees (Bombus spp.)

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

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

Looking through leftovers: an analysis of bee bowl bycatch

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

Recent and future declines of a historically widespread pollinator linked to climate, land cover, and pesticides

Scientists’ warning on climate change and insects

Skewness in bee and flower phenological distributions

Talking Yeast: The characterization of bumblebee- and nectar- specialist yeast volatiles in Corydalis caseana

The causes and consequences of pollen defence

Bumble bee queen plasticity and social regulation of traits

Climate change and phenology

Comparison of Bee Bowls and Netting for Monitoring Native Bees

Determining changes in floral volatile composition of <i> Ipomopsis aggregata </i> in response to nectar robbing and its associated microorganisms

Ecological Drivers and Consequences of Bumble Bee Body Size Variation

Effects of Floral Abundance, Pollinator Interactions, and Floral Morphology on Stigmatic Pollen Deposition

Floral trait variation across individual plants within a population enhances defense capability to nectar robbing

How understory bee communities compare to open meadows in the Rocky Mountains