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Bumble Bees
Bombus
A bumblebee (also written bumble bee) is a member of the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera (e.g., Calyptapis) are known from fossils. Over 250 species of bumblebee are known. They are found primarily in higher altitudes or latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere, although they are also found in South America where a few lowland...
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Pyrobombus
subgenusPyrobombus
Thoracobombus
subgenusThoracobombus
Bombus
subgenusBombus
Cullumanobombus
subgenusCullumanobombus
Cuckoo Bumble Bees
subgenusPsithyrus
Melanobombus
subgenusMelanobombus
Megabombus
subgenusMegabombus
Bombias
subgenusBombias
Subterraneobombus
subgenusSubterraneobombus
Kallobombus
subgenusKallobombus
Alpinobombus
subgenusAlpinobombus
Alpigenobombus
subgenusAlpigenobombus
Sibiricobombus
subgenusSibiricobombus
Mendacibombus
subgenusMendacibombus
Orientalibombus
subgenusOrientalibombus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52775.