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Bohemian Cuckoo Bumble bee

Bombus bohemicus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 946, February 698, March 1,094, April 1,722, May 2,482, June 2,707, July 2,896, August 2,491, September 1,829, October 1,365, November 746, December 583.
United States19,640
Alaska19,558
Russia786
Germany201
Canada129
Finland122
Moscow Oblast79
Arkhangelsk Oblast65
Denmark62
Novosibirsk Oblast59

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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