Kingdom Animalia Order Hymenoptera Genus Bombus Scientific name Bombus fernaldae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Family Apidae Subgenus (Psithyrus) Higher classification Bumblebee | |
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Similar Bombus insularis, Bombus frigidus, Bombus citrinus, Bombus caliginosus | ||
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 pollinate Potentilla, Rubus, clovers, and goldenrods.
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