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Bombus fervidus

    Summary
    Type
    organism
    Genus
    Bombus
    Species
    fervidus
    Common Name
    Golden northern bumble bee
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    Description

    Bombus fervidus, the golden northern bumble bee or yellow bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee native to North America. It has a yellow-colored abdomen and thorax. Its range includes the North American continent, excluding much of the southern United States, Alaska, and the northern parts of Canada. It is common in cities and farmland, with populations concentrated in the Northeastern part of the United States. It is similar in color and range to its sibling species, Bombus californicus, though sometimes also confused with the American bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus) or black and gold bumblebee (Bombus auricomus). It has complex behavioral traits, which includes a coordinated nest defense to ward off predators. B. fervidus is an important pollinator, so recent population decline is a particular concern. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_fervidus

    This dataset is not published - please follow Toronto/Ft. Lauderdale conditions of data re-use.

    This genome project is part of the Beenome100 project (https://www.beenome100.org).

    Organism Image
    Image Credit

    5498247-WEB.jpg by Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 License.

    Assembly Stats
    Contig N50

    10.3 Mb

    GC Content

    37.0%

    Scaffold N50

    15.3 Mb

    Other Information
    Other Information Table
    Community Contact
    • Michael Branstetter, USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit

    • Rena Schweizer, USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit