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Broken-belted Bumble Bee

Bombus soroeensis

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 813, February 600, March 941, April 1,480, May 2,134, June 2,327, July 2,490, August 2,141, September 1,572, October 1,173, November 641, December 501.
United States16,832
Alaska16,814
Russia200
Austria112
Germany59
Tver Oblast52
Tirol48
France40
Finland38
Poland30

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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