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Tribe Bombini - Bumble Bees

Bumblebee with eggs on it's back? - Bombus terricola

Bumble Bee ID please - Bombus griseocollis

Bombus worker - Bombus impatiens - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)

Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)

Subfamily Apinae (Honey, Bumble, and Digger Bees)

Tribe Bombini (Bumble Bees)

Numbers

Only one genus: Bombus

Remarks

Most bumble bees (Bombini) are primatively eusocial (1)

Works Cited

1.	The Bees of the World, 2nd edition By Charles D. Michener

Contributed by Joel Kits on 16 April, 2005 - 8:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 27 June, 2008 - 7:00pm

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