Stats

Lifespan

Annual

Size

Medium

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Colony

Biome

Montane meadow

Range

Western North America

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Venom

Status

Rare

About

This bumblebee lives in the high-altitude mountain meadows of western North America. It uses chemical pheromones to identify its own siblings within the crowded colony nest.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Apidae

Genus

Bombus

Species

Bombus bifarius