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 visit flowers of Potentilla, Rubus, clovers, and goldenrods.[2]

Fernald's cuckoo bumblebee
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Bombus
Subgenus: Psithyrus
Species:
B. fernaldae
Binomial name
Bombus fernaldae
(Franklin, 1911)[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Bombus fernaldae (Franklin, 1911)". Biolib.cz. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-16. Retrieved 2011-10-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), p.94