Bombus fernaldae
| Fernald's cuckoo bumblebee | |
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| Bombus fernaldae (Franklin, 1911)[1]
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Bombus fernaldae, the Fernald's cuckoo bumblebee, is a species of cuckoo bumblebee having only males and queens, but no worker bees. The females place their eggs in the nest of the confusing bumblebee (Bombus perplexus) or the red-belted bumblebee (Bombus rufocinctus), which raise the larvae. Fernald's cuckoo bumblebees pollinate Potentilla, Rubus, clovers, and goldenrods.[2]
References
- ^ "Bombus fernaldae (Franklin, 1911)". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
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