Bombus fraternus

Taxobox
name = "Bombus fraternus"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Apidae
genus = "Bombus"
species = "B. fraternus"
binomial = "Bombus fraternus"
binomial_authority = (Smith, 1854)

"Bombus fraternus" is a relatively uncommon species of bumblebee native to the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. It is most often encountered in the Southeast, in areas with sandy soil. It is unusual among "Bombus" species in having the hairs of the body appressed against the body surface rather than "fluffy" as is true for nearly all other species.

External links

* [http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/bees/bumble_bees.htm Key to the Bumblebees of Florida] Aid to identification