Tag Archive for 'Forest bumblebee'

Bombus incognitus is indistinguishable from Bombus sylvicola using typical diagnostic characters. Image credit: Jennifer Geib.

Cryptic New Species of Bumblebee Discovered in Rocky Mountains

Apr 8, 2021 by News Staff

A research team led by Uppsala University scientists has sequenced and compared the genomes of a bumblebee species called Bombus sylvicola and a previously...

The forest bumblebee (Bombus sylvicola) is one of two bumblebee species in the central Rocky Mountains that has responded to a decline in flowering in alpine habitats by evolving a shorter tongue. Image credit: Nicole Miller-Struttman.

Study: Global Warming Shrinking Tongues of Alpine Bumblebees

Sep 25, 2015 by News Staff

A new study in the journal Science shows that two alpine bumblebee species have responded to a decline in flowering due to warming temperatures by evolving...