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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) "Bumble Bees and Cuckoo Bumble Bees of California" By Robbin W. Thorp, Donald S. Horning, Jr., Lorry L. Dunning
University of California Press, Berkeley, 1983
A useful reference monograph covering California bumblebees by a well-respected authority on the subject. Begins with general information on life history and ecology, followed by technical keys, and discussions of the California subgenera and species of Bombus and Psithyrus (parasitic "Cuckoo Bumble Bees"). A PDF file of the 79 page monograph is available for free here.
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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) Pollination Ecology of the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains By Macior, Lazarus Walter
Melanderia, Vol. 15, Washington State Entomological Society, Pullman WA 99164-6382, 1974
59 pp., Bombus (19 species) and Psithyrus insularis only. No images.
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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) On the Ecology and Systematics of Coloradan Bumblebees By Byron, Peggy Ann
Thesis, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, 1980
193 pp. Contains descriptions of 20 species and subspecies of Bombus and 3 species of Psithyrus in Colorado, also a key to males and females to Colorado Bombus and Psithyrus. No images.
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The Bees of the World, 2nd edition By Charles D. Michener
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007
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 The Bees of the World By Charles Duncan Michener
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000
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Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico By Karl V. Krombein, Paul D. Hurd, Jr., David R. Smith, and B. D. Burks
Smithsonian Institution Press, 1979
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Wasp Farm By Howard Ensign Evans
Comstock Publishing, 1963
Essays and life history observations.
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Aquatic Insects of North America By R. W. Merritt, K. W. Cummins, M.B. Berg
Kendall/Hunt, 2008
Over 1,000 pages citing 6,000 references. Contains keys and illustrations. Keys to larvae typically go to genus.
Fourth edition; previous editions dated 1978, 1984, 1996.
Scanned version of third edition available on Google books (missing some pages).
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