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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) Bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Texas: historical distributions. By Warriner, M.D.
Southwestern Naturalist 57(4): 442-445., 2012
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Abstract: I compiled data from several museum collections to map historical distributions of species of bumble bees across Texas. Bombus auricomus, B. bimaculatus, B. fervidus, B. fraternus, B. griseocollis, B. impatiens, B. pensylvanicus, B. sonorus, and B. variabilis were confirmed from the state based on vouchered specimens.
As currently understood, the bumble bee fauna of Texas consists of nine documented species.
Warriner, M.D.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 March, 2013 - 9:31pm |
Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) Bumble Bees of the Western United States By Jonathan Koch, James Strange, and Paul Williams
U.S. Forest Service and the Pollinator Partnership
Scroll down to the 3rd item on this web page... to find links for either downloading the free PDF of "Bumble Bees of the Western United States", or for ordering a (color) hard-copy of the work from the "Pollinator Partnership" for $15.
This is a nice compact guide to western bumble bees. Includes discussion, photos, numerous dorsal-view color diagrams (illustrating variation), host plants, etc. for each of the 30 species covered. Also includes general discussion of bumble bee biology at the beginning of the text, and a key to species (for females only) at the end of the book.
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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Bumble Bees (Bombini) » Bumble Bees (Bombus) The Natural History of Bumblebees: A Sourcebook for Investigations By Carol Ann Kearns; James Thomson. 2001
University Press of Colorado, Bolder, 2001
Carol Ann Kearns; James Thomson. 2001. The Natural History of Bumblebees: A Sourcebook for Investigations. University Press of Colorado, Bolder. xiv +130 pp.
Official website - UPC
Packed with information on bumblebee colonies, bee honeypots, bee development, foraging behavior, as well as instructions for maintaining bumblebees in captivity, this lively and colorful book also includes an easy-to-use photographic field guide to aid in the identification of over fifty species of North American bumblebee-virtually every known species on this continent.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 September, 2011 - 1:53pm |
Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, 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 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) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, 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) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, 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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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Melissodes A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part I (Hymenoptera, Apidae) By W.E. LaBerge
U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 37 (II): 911-1194, 1956
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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Honey, Bumble, Longhorn, Orchid, and Digger Bees (Apinae) » Longhorn Bees (Eucerini) » Melissodes A revision of the bees of the genus Melissodes in North and Central America. Part II (Hymenoptera, Apidae) By W.E. LaBerge
U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 38 (I): 533-578, 1956
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