Directory of Bombus Resources

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The genus Bombus is a group of bumble bees, and consist of social honey gathering and storing insects of the northern hemisphere.

Resources in This Category

• Bombus melanopygus

  http://crawford.tardigrade.net/bugs/BugofMonth01a.html
  Article by Louise Kulzer on the orange-rumped bumble bee, in the Seattle, Washington area.

• Bombus: Bumble Bees of Florida

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bees/bumble_bees.htm
  General information, key to the state's species, photos, and reference list.

• Brown-banded Carder Bee: Bombus humilis

  http://www.arkive.org/brown-banded-carder-bee/bombus-humilis/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Bugwoodwiki: Bumble Bees

  http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Bumble_Bees
  Photographs, description, life history and habits of species of Bombus.

• Bumble Bees

  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/bombus/
  Lists of the species, with biogeographic and distribution information. From the Natural History Museum, UK.

• Bumblebees

  http://www.bumblebee.org/
  Pages about the natural history of bumblebees in general, and keys to identify species commonly found in the north-east of Scotland.

• Bumblebees (Bombus)

  http://www.gardensafari.net/english/bumblebees.htm
  Introduction to this genus with photos and facts on individual species.

• Discover the Bumble Bee

  http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/hercules/Bee.html
  Encouraging the bumblebee in domestic gardens and lawns.

• Hymenoptera.de

  http://www.hymenoptera.de/
  Detailed information about European bumblebees and their biology, how to build nesting aids and boxes, and where to place them. In German and English.

• Plants of Interest to Bumblebees

  http://tomclothier.hort.net/page42.html
  Lists of plants, from Tom Clothier's Garden Walk and Talk.

• The Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee: Bombus affinis

  http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/2010/stenz_dani/
  Student project including classification, habitat, adaptation, nutrition, reproduction and interactions with other species.

 

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