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Nevada Bumble Bee

Bombus nevadensis

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Colorado.January 178, February 139, March 191, April 375, May 569, June 375, July 346, August 273, September 253, October 181, November 159, December 151.
United States12,988
Canada5,793
Colorado1,757
British Columbia1,614
Washington1,410
Alberta1,158
Alaska951
Oregon911
Nunavut660
Utah575

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHoney Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies · Apidae
GenusBumble Bees · Bombus

Sources

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Practise Nevada Bumble Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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