Wednesday, 28 April 2021

Cuckoo Combo: Re-Classification Makes Bombus flavidus World’s Most Widespread Bumble Bee | Entomology Today

Bombus flavidus male

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Researchers have synonymized the bumble bee species Bombus fernaldae with Bombus flavidus, establishing the latter, a cuckoo that parasitizes other bumble bee colonies, as the most broadly distributed bumble bee species of any kind in the world.

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