Range-wide genetic analysis of an endangered bumble bee (Bombus affinis, Hymenoptera: Apidae) reveals population structure, isolation by distance, and low …

JM Mola, IS Pearse, ML Boone, E Evans… - Journal of Insect …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Declines in bumble bee species range and abundances are documented across multiple
continents and have prompted the need for research to aid species recovery and …

Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), an endangered North American pollinator

JBU Koch, SB Sim, B Scheffler… - G3: Genes, Genomes …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis, is an important pollinator in North America
and a federally listed endangered species. Due to habitat loss and large declines in …

Captive Rearing Success and Critical Thermal Maxima of Bombus griseocollis (Hymenoptera: Apidae): A Candidate for Commercialization?

ME Christman, LR Spears, JBU Koch… - Journal of Insect …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Commercialized bumble bees (Bombus) are primary pollinators of several crops within open
field and greenhouse settings. However, the common eastern bumble bee (Bombus …

Variation in North American bumble bee nest success and colony sizes under captive rearing conditions

JP Strange, AD Tripodi, TTT Lindsay… - Journal of Insect …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Of the 265 known bumble bee (Bombus) species, knowledge of colony lifecycle is derived
from relatively few species. As interest in Bombus commercialization and conservation …

Genetic and Usurpation Data Support High Incidence of Bumble Bee Nest Invasion by Socially Parasitic Bumble Bee, Bombus insularis

JBU Koch, LM McCabe, BG Love… - Journal of Insect …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Cuckoo bumble bees (Psithyrus)(Lepeletier, 1832)(Hymenoptera: Apidae) are a
unique lineage of bees that depend exclusively on a host bumble bee species to provide …

Impact of “non-lethal” tarsal clip** on bumble bees (Bombus vosnesenskii) may depend on queen stage and worker size

JM Mola, C Stuligross, ML Page, D Rutkowski… - Journal of Insect …, 2021 - Springer
Recent bumble bee declines have prompted the development of novel population
monitoring tools, including the use of putatively non-lethal tarsal clip** to obtain genetic …