Get to Know Your MN Bumble Bees Get to Know Your MN Bumble Bees

Get to know your MN Bumble Bees Get to know your MN Bumble Bees Bombus bimaculatus Bombus griseocollis Bombus auricomus Bombus impatiens Bombus fervidus Bombus bimaculatus Bombus griseocollis Bombus auricomus Bombus impatiens Bombus fervidus twospotted bumble bee brownbelted bumble bee black and gold bumble bee common eastern bumble bee yellow bumble bee twospotted bumble bee brownbelted bumble bee black and gold bumble bee common eastern bumble bee yellow bumble bee COMMON MN BUMBLE BEES COMMON MN BUMBLE BEES Bombus ternarius Bombus vagans Bombus rufocinctus Bombus rufocinctus Bombus ternarius Bombus vagans Bombus rufocinctus Bombus rufocinctus tricolored bumble bee half-black bumble bee redbelted bumble bee redbelted bumble bee tricolored bumble bee half-black bumble bee redbelted bumble bee redbelted bumble bee FREQUENTLY FOUND MN BUMBLE BEES FREQUENTLY FOUND MN BUMBLE BEES Bombus sandersoni Bombus perplexus Bombus perplexus Bombus pensylvanicus Bombus affinis Bombus terricola Bombus borealis Bombus pensylvanicus Bombus affinis Bombus terricola Bombus borealis Bombus sandersoni rusty patched bumble bee confusing bumble bee American bumble bee yellowbanded bumble bee boreal bumble bee Sanderson’s bumble bee American bumble bee rusty patched bumble bee yellowbanded bumble bee boreal bumble bee Sanderson’s bumble bee confusing bumble bee RARE MN BUMBLE BEES RARE MN BUMBLE BEES Bombus insularis Bombus citrinus Bombus bohemicus Bombus citrinus Bombus bohemicus Bombus insularis indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee lemon cuckoo bumble bee lemon cuckoo bumble bee indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee CUCKOO BUMBLE BEES CUCKOO BUMBLE BEES All bees pictured are workers. Males and queens may differ in color patterns. All bees pictured are workers. Males and queens may differ in color patterns. There is also variability in color patterns within workers of the same species. There is also variability in color patterns within workers of the same species. You can help survey bumble bees! You can help survey bumble bees! Volunteers are needed. Volunteers are needed. More info at More info at www.befriendingbumblebees.com www.befriendingbumblebees.com Elaine Evans: University of Minnesota: [email protected] Elaine Evans: University of Minnesota: [email protected].

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Guide to MN Bumble Bees: Females
Guide to MN Bumble Bees: Females This guide is only for females (12 antennal segments, 6 abdominal segments, most bumble Three small bees, most have pollen baskets, no beards on their mandibles). First determine which yellow eyes highlighted section your bee is in, then go through numbered characters to find a match. See if your bee matches the color patterns shown and the description in the text. Color patterns ® can vary. More detailed keys are available at discoverlife.org. Top of head Bee Front of face Squad Join the search for bumble bees with www.bumbleebeewatch.org Cheek Yellow hairs between wings, 1st abdominal band yellow (may have black spot in center of thorax) 1. Black on sides of 2nd ab, yellow or rusty in center 2.All other ab segments black 3. 2nd ab brownish centrally surrounded by yellow 2nd abdominal 2nd abdominal Light lemon Center spot band with yellow band with yellow hairs on on thorax with in middle, black yellow in middle top of head and sometimes faint V on sides. Yellow bordered by and on thorax. shaped extension often in a “W” rusty brown in a back from the shape. Top of swooping shape. middle. Queens head yellow. Top of head do not have black. Bombus impatiens Bombus affinis brownish central rusty patched bumble bee Bombus bimaculatus Bombus griseocollis common eastern bumble bee C patch. two-spotted bumble bee C brown-belted bumble bee C 5. Yellow on front edge of 2nd ab 6. No obvious spot on thorax. 4. 2nd ab entirely yellow and ab 3-6 black Yellow on top Black on top of Variable color of head.
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Bumble Bees of CT-Females
Guide to CT Bumble Bees: Females This guide is only for females (12 antennal segments, 6 abdominal segments, most bumble bees, most have pollen baskets, no beards on their mandibles). First determine which yellow Three small eyes highlighted section your bee is in, then go through numbered characters to find a match. See if your bee matches the color patterns shown and the description in the text. Color patterns can vary. More detailed keys are available at discoverlife.org. Top of head Join the search for bumble bees with www.bumbleebeewatch.org Front of face Cheek Yellow hairs between wings, 1st abdominal band yellow (may have black spot in center of thorax) 1. Black on sides of 2nd ab, yellow or rusty in center 2.All other ab segments black 3. 2nd ab brownish centrally surrounded by yellow 2nd abdominal 2nd abdominal Light lemon Center spot band with yellow band with yellow hairs on on thorax with in middle, black yellow in middle top of head and sometimes faint V on sides. Yellow bordered by and on thorax. shaped extension often in a “W” rusty brown in a back from the shape. Top of swooping shape. middle. Queens head yellow. Top of head do not have black. Bombus impatiens Bombus affinis brownish central rusty patched bumble bee Bombus bimaculatus Bombus griseocollis common eastern bumble bee patch. two-spotted bumble bee brown-belted bumble bee 4. 2nd ab entirely yellow and ab 3-6 black 5. No obvious spot on thorax. Yellow on top Black on top of Variable color of head.
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Assessing Bumble Bee Diversity, Distribution, and Status for the Michigan Wildlife Action Plan
Assessing Bumble Bee Diversity, Distribution, and Status for the Michigan Wildlife Action Plan Prepared By: Logan M. Rowe, David L. Cuthrell, and Helen D. Enander Michigan Natural Features Inventory Michigan State University Extension P.O. Box 13036 Lansing, MI 48901 Prepared For: Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division 12/17/2019 MNFI Report No. 2019-33 Suggested Citation: Rowe, L. M., D. L. Cuthrell., H. D. Enander. 2019. Assessing Bumble Bee Diversity, Distribution, and Status for the Michigan Wildlife Action Plan. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Report Number 2019- 33, Lansing, USA. Copyright 2019 Michigan State University Board of Trustees. MSU Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status or family status. Cover: Bombus terricola taken by D. L. Cuthrell Table of Contents Abstract ........................................................................................................................................................ iii Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 1 Methods ........................................................................................................................................................ 2 Museum Searches ....................................................................................................................................
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Beyond the Decline of Wild Bees: Optimizing Conservation Measures and Bringing Together the Actors
insects Review Beyond the Decline of Wild Bees: Optimizing Conservation Measures and Bringing Together the Actors Maxime Drossart * and Maxence Gérard * Laboratory of Zoology, Research Institute for Biosciences, University of Mons (UMONS), Place du Parc 20, B-7000 Mons, Belgium * Correspondence: [email protected] (M.D.); [email protected] (M.G.) Received: 3 September 2020; Accepted: 18 September 2020; Published: 22 September 2020 Simple Summary: Wild bees represent the main group of pollinators in Europe, being responsible for the reproduction of numerous flowering plants. However, like a non-negligible part of biodiversity, this group has been facing a global decline mostly induced by numerous human factors over the last decades. Overall, even if all the questions are not solved concerning the causes of their decline, we are beyond the precautionary principle because the decline factors are roughly known, identified and at least partially quantified. Experts are now calling for effective actions to promote wild bee diversity and the enhancement of environmental quality. In this review, we present a general and up-to-date assessment of the conservation methods, as well as their efficiency and the current projects that try to fill the gaps and optimize the conservation measures. This publication aims to be a needed catalyst to implement concrete and qualitative conservation actions for wild bees. Abstract: Wild bees are facing a global decline mostly induced by numerous human factors for the last decades. In parallel, public interest for their conservation increased considerably, namely through numerous scientific studies relayed in the media. In spite of this broad interest, a lack of knowledge and understanding of the subject is blatant and reveals a gap between awareness and understanding.
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Bumblebee Conservator
Volume 2, Issue 1: First Half 2014 Bumblebee Conservator Newsletter of the BumbleBee Specialist Group In this issue From the Chair From the Chair 1 A very happy and productive 2014 to everyone! We start this year having seen From the Editor 1 enormously encouraging progress in 2013. Our different regions have started from BBSG Executive Committee 2 very different positions, in terms of established knowledge of their bee faunas Regional Coordinators 2 as well as in terms of resources available, but members in all regions are actively moving forward. In Europe and North America, which have been fortunate to Bumblebee Specialist have the most specialists over the last century, we are achieving the first species Group Report 2013 3 assessments. Mesoamerica and South America are also very close, despite the huge Bumblebees in the News 9 areas to survey and the much less well known species. In Asia, with far more species, many of them poorly known, remarkably rapid progress is being made in sorting Research 13 out what is present and in building the crucial keys and distribution maps. In some Conservation News 20 regions there are very few people to tackle the task, sometimes in situations that Bibliography 21 make progress challenging and slow – their enthusiasm is especially appreciated! At this stage, broad discussion of problems and of the solutions developed from your experience will be especially important. This will direct the best assessments for focusing the future of bumblebee conservation. From the Editor Welcome to the second issue of the Bumblebee Conservator, the official newsletter of the Bumblebee Specialist Group.
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PETITION to LIST the VARIABLE CUCKOO BUMBLE BEE Bombus Variabilis (Cresson 1872) UNDER the ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT and CONCURRENTLY DESIGNATE CRITICAL HABITAT
BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR PETITION TO LIST THE VARIABLE CUCKOO BUMBLE BEE Bombus variabilis (Cresson 1872) UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND CONCURRENTLY DESIGNATE CRITICAL HABITAT Variable Cuckoo Bumble Bee (top) male side (bottom) male face USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab Photo by Brook Goggins CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY April 27th, 2021 NOTICE OF PETITION Charles Wooley, Regional Director Deb Haaland, Secretary Region 3 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Department of the Interior 5600 American Blvd. West, Suite 990 1849 C Street NW Bloomington, MN 55437-1458 Washington, D.C. 20240 [email protected] [email protected] Leopoldo Miranda, Regional Director Martha Williams, Principal Deputy Director Region 4 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1875 Century Blvd. NE 1849 C Street NW Atlanta, GA 30345 Washington, D.C. 20240 [email protected] [email protected] Gary Frazer, Assistant Director for Wendi Weber, Regional Director Endangered Species Region 5 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 300 Westgate Center Dr. 1840 C Street NW Hadley, MA 01035 Washington, D.C. 20240 [email protected] [email protected] Noreen Walsh, Regional Director Amy Leuders, Regional Director Region 6 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 134 Union Boulevard, Suite 650 P.O. Box 1306 Lakewood, CO 80228 Albuquerque, NM 87103-1306 [email protected] [email protected] ii Pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b); Section 553(e) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C.
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PETITION to LIST the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Bombus Affinis
PETITION TO LIST The rusty patched bumble bee Bombus affinis (Cresson), 1863 AS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES UNDER THE U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT Female Bombus affinis foraging on Dalea purpurea at Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Wisconsin, 2012, Photo © Christy Stewart Submitted by The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation Prepared by Sarina Jepsen, Elaine Evans, Robbin Thorp, Rich Hatfield, and Scott Hoffman Black January 31, 2013 1 The Honorable Ken Salazar Secretary of the Interior Office of the Secretary Department of the Interior 18th and C Street N.W. Washington D.C., 20240 Dear Mr. Salazar: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation hereby formally petitions to list the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq. This petition is filed under 5 U.S.C. 553(e) and 50 CFR 424.14(a), which grants interested parties the right to petition for issue of a rule from the Secretary of the Interior. Bumble bees are iconic pollinators that contribute to our food security and the healthy functioning of our ecosystems. The rusty patched bumble bee was historically common from the Upper Midwest to the eastern seaboard, but in recent years it has been lost from more than three quarters of its historic range and its relative abundance has declined by ninety-five percent. Existing regulations are inadequate to protect this species from disease and other threats. We are aware that this petition sets in motion a specific process placing definite response requirements on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and very specific time constraints upon those responses.
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Rna Virus Ecology in Bumble Bees (Bombus Spp.) and Evidence for Disease Spillover Samantha Ann Alger University of Vermont
University of Vermont ScholarWorks @ UVM Graduate College Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 2018 Rna Virus Ecology In Bumble Bees (bombus Spp.) And Evidence For Disease Spillover Samantha Ann Alger University of Vermont Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons Recommended Citation Alger, Samantha Ann, "Rna Virus Ecology In Bumble Bees (bombus Spp.) And Evidence For Disease Spillover" (2018). Graduate College Dissertations and Theses. 955. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/955 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations and Theses at ScholarWorks @ UVM. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate College Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ UVM. For more information, please contact [email protected]. RNA VIRUS ECOLOGY IN BUMBLE BEES (BOMBUS SPP.) AND EVIDENCE FOR DISEASE SPILLOVER A Dissertation Presented by Samantha A. Alger to The Faculty of the Graduate College of The University of Vermont In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Specializing in Biology October, 2018 Defense Date: August 31, 2018 Dissertation Examination Committee: Alison K. Brody, Ph.D., Advisor Taylor Ricketts Ph.D., Chairperson Joseph Schall, Ph.D. Sara Helms Cahan, Ph.D. Brian Voigt, Ph.D. Cynthia J. Forehand, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate College ABSTRACT The inadvertent spread of exotic pests and pathogens has resulted in devastating losses for bees. The vast majority of bee disease research has focused on a single species of managed bee, the European honey bee ( Apis mellifera ).
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Bumble Bees of Virginia
Many bumble bees WHAT CAN YOU DO? VIRGINIA WORKING LANDSCAPES are in decline. Plant native plants! Bumble bees need a stable source of nectar and pollen throughout the growing season, so plant a B u m b l e B e e s suite of native flowers that bloom from early spring to fall. Native plants are recommended because they are beneficial to other insects and wildlife as well. For tips on gardening with native plants, visit the of Virginia Virginia Native Plant Society’s website at: www.vnps.org Bombus impatiens colony, T’ai Roulston Reduce or stop using pesticides! If you use pesticides, visit www.xerces.org to learn Bumble bees are invaluable pollinators. We which chemicals are the most toxic to bees and rely on them to pollinate our fruits, vegetables, how and when to apply pesticides in order to and thousands of native plant species. minimize impacts to bees. Many of our North American bumble bees are Protect the nest! experiencing steep population declines. For Bumble bees nest in the ground during the summer example, the once common Bombus affinis, the and queens overwinter just an inch or two below the rusty-patched bumble bee, has declined by soil’s surface. If you see an area of your yard with a lot of bee activity, do not disturb it if possible. Post- roughly 80% and is only found in isolated areas pone tilling and other soil disturbance practices in within its historic range. Threats to bumble this area in the early spring to allow queens to bees include parasites, disease, habitat loss, emerge.
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Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Montana (PDF)
Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Montana Authors: Amelia C. Dolan, Casey M. Delphia, Kevin M. O'Neill, and Michael A. Ivie This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Annals of the Entomological Society of America following peer review. The version of record for (see citation below) is available online at: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saw064. Dolan, Amelia C., Casey M Delphia, Kevin M. O'Neill, and Michael A. Ivie. "Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Montana." Annals of the Entomological Society of America 110, no. 2 (September 2017): 129-144. DOI: 10.1093/aesa/saw064. Made available through Montana State University’s ScholarWorks scholarworks.montana.edu Bumble Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Montana Amelia C. Dolan,1 Casey M. Delphia,1,2,3 Kevin M. O’Neill,1,2 and Michael A. Ivie1,4 1Montana Entomology Collection, Montana State University, Marsh Labs, Room 50, 1911 West Lincoln St., Bozeman, MT 59717 ([email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]), 2Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, 3Department of Ecology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, and 4Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected] Subject Editor: Allen Szalanski Received 10 May 2016; Editorial decision 12 August 2016 Abstract Montana supports a diverse assemblage of bumble bees (Bombus Latreille) due to its size, landscape diversity, and location at the junction of known geographic ranges of North American species. We compiled the ﬁrst in- ventory of Bombus species in Montana, using records from 25 natural history collections and labs engaged in bee research, collected over the past 125 years, as well as specimens collected speciﬁcally for this project dur- ing the summer of 2015.
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Climate Change and Bumble Bees
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Suckley's Cuckoo Bumblebee Listing Petition
BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR PETITION TO LIST SUCKLEY’S CUCKOO BUMBLE BEE (Bombus suckleyi) UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT AND CONCURRENTLY DESIGNATE CRITICAL HABITAT Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee Hadel Go, AMNH CC BY-NC 3.0 US CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY April 23, 2020 NOTICE OF PETITION David Bernhardt, Secretary U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street NW Washington, D.C. 20240 [email protected] Margaret Everson, Principal Deputy Director U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1849 C Street NW Washington, D.C. 20240 [email protected] Gary Frazer, Assistant Director for Endangered Species U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1840 C Street NW Washington, D.C. 20240 [email protected] Robyn Thorson, Regional Director Region 1 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 911 NE 11th Ave. Portland, OR 97232-4181 [email protected] Anna Munoz, Assistant Regional Director Region 6 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 134 Union Boulevard, Suite 650 Lakewood, CO 80228 [email protected] Paul Souza, Regional Director Region 8 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W2606 Sacramento, California 95825 [email protected] ii Pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. § 1533(b); Section 553(e) of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 553(e); and 50 C.F.R. § 424.14(a), the Center for Biological Diversity hereby petitions the Secretary of the Interior, through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (“FWS,” “Service”), to protect Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus suckleyi) under the ESA.
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