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Schrenck's Bumble Bee

Bombus schrencki

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 111, February 82, March 129, April 203, May 293, June 319, July 341, August 294, September 216, October 161, November 88, December 69.
United States2,305
Alaska2,305
Russia459
Finland274
Novosibirsk Oblast88
Uusimaa81
Moscow Oblast58
Tomsk Oblast46
Pirkanmaa36
Satakunta35

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

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