Bumblebees, D.V. Alford | May 13, 2011
Bumblebee Economics: With a New Preface by Bernd Heinrich | Nov 30, 2004
Bumble Bees of North America: An Identification Guide by Paul H. Williams, Robbin W. Thorp, et al. | Mar 30, 2014
Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation by Dave Goulson | Dec 13, 2009
Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee: Creating Habitat for Native Pollinators: Ontario and Great Lakes Edition by Lorraine Johnson, Sheila Colla and Illustrator Ann Sanderson | June 11, 2022
A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees by Dave Goulson | Apr 29, 2014
Links
Ask A Bumble Bee Survey (USGS), contact Jenan El-Hifnawi at bumblebeecount@gmail.com
Ask A Bumble Bee Summary Report 2021, Jenan El-Hifnawi and Sam Droege
Bumble Bee coloring template (from Lincoln Best’s Western BB ID session)
Discover Life taxonomic key to bumble bees
Discover Life keys, find “how to use” videos here.
Franklin’s Bumble Bee, Federal Register
Hollis Woodard’s path from liberal arts to entomology, Sally Ride Science
The Humble-Bee, poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Microscopes, from Oregon Bee Project, Do I need a microscope? PDF
Oregon Bee Atlas (Lincoln Best)
Oregon State University Certified Master Melittologist program
Plants for Bumble Bees (search your region) from Xerces and LBJ Wildflowers
Poems to ID a few bumble bees, Johanna James
Pollen Specialist Bees of the Central United States, Droege and Fowler
Pollen Specialist Bees of the Eastern United States, Droege and Fowler
Pollen Specialist Bees of the Western United States, Droege and Fowler
Pollen Specialist Bees, Host Plants of the Eastern United States, Droege and Fowler
Pollination Botany and Bumble Bees Chapters, SARE Alt Pollinators guide (find full guide here)
PolliNation Podcast, Oregon State University
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, Federal Register
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, USFWS website
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Recovery Plan, USFWS
Sam Droege and Clare Maffei’s how to ‘bee’ video on identifying bumble bees
Sam Droege and Clare Maffei’s how to ‘bee’ videos, full list
USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab, (BIML) Flickr Bee images
U.S. National Native Bee Monitoring (RCN)
Papers
Ask A Bumble Bee Summary Report 2021, Jenan El-Hifnawi and Sam Droege
Bumble bee colony growth and reproduction on reclaimed surface coal mines, Jessie Lanterman, Karen Goodell
Bumble bee species distributions and habitat associations in the Midwestern USA, a region of declining diversity Jessie Lanterman Novotny, Paige Reeher, Megan Varvaro, Andrew Lybbert, Jesse Smith, Randall J. Mitchell & Karen Goodell
A century of pollen foraging by the endangered rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis): Inferences from molecular sequencing of museum specimens, Michael P. Simanonok, Clint R. V. Otto, Robert S. Cornman, Deborah D. Iwanowicz, James P. Strange, and Tamara A. Smith
Detecting Insect Pollinator Declines on Regional and Global Scales Gretchen Lebuhn, Sam Droege et al.
Digital record of specimens, including voucher material, from the study of a pollinator habitat restoration site under a commercial solar array in Jackson County, Oregon, 2019 Maggie Graham, Lincoln Best, Andrew R Moldenke
Ecology and Evolution of Cuckoo Bumble Bees, Patrick Lhomme,
Effects of neonicotinoid insecticide exposure and monofloral diet on nest-founding bumblebee queens, Mar Leza, Kristal M. Watrous, Jade Bratu and S. Hollis Woodard
Notes from rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis Cresson) nest observations, Michelle L. Boone, Elaine Evans, Amy Wolf, Halley Minser, Jay Watson, Tamara A. Smith 10 January 2022
Pollen Limitation of Plant Reproduction: Pattern and Process, R.J. Mitchell et al.
Patterns of widespread decline in North American bumble bees, SA Cameron, JD Lozier, JP Strange
Reproductive Dominance Strategies in Insect Social Parasites, Patrick Lhomme & Heather M. Hines
State-wide (Ohio) Survey of Bumble Bee Distribution and Habitat Use Reeher, Paige; Lanterman, Jessie; Varvaro, Megan; Lybbert, Andrew; Mitchell, Randy; et al.
Ten-year trends reveal declining quality of seeded pollinator habitat on reclaimed mines regardless of seed mix diversity, Andrew H. Lybbert, Sarah J. Cusser, Keng-Lou James Hung, Karen Goodell
Towards a U.S. national program for monitoring native bees S. Hollis Woodard et al.
Why Bees Are So Vulnerable to Environmental Stressors, Simon Klein et al.