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First records of the Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Bombus impatiens Cresson (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae, Bombini) from the Prairies Ecozone in Canada.


ABSTRACT: Background:In Canada, the Common Eastern Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens Cresson) is native to southern Ontario and Quebec, but since being developed as a managed commercial pollinator, it has been exported to several other provinces for use in greenhouse and field crop settings. This has enabled this species to become established outside its natural range and it is now established in eastern Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) and British Columbia. To date, the species has not been detected via field capture in the prairie provinces. New information:Here we report on recent captures of B. impatiens workers and males from south-eastern Alberta and suggest that these specimens escaped from nearby commercial greenhouses. The risk that the presence and looming establishment of this species has on native bumble bees in the Canadian prairies is discussed.

SUBMITTER: Palmier KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6356050 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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First records of the Common Eastern Bumble Bee, <i>Bombus impatiens</i> Cresson (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae, Bombini) from the Prairies Ecozone in Canada.

Palmier Kirsten M KM   Sheffield Cory S CS  

Biodiversity data journal 20190110 7


<h4>Background</h4>In Canada, the Common Eastern Bumble Bee (<i>Bombus impatiens</i> Cresson) is native to southern Ontario and Quebec, but since being developed as a managed commercial pollinator, it has been exported to several other provinces for use in greenhouse and field crop settings. This has enabled this species to become established outside its natural range and it is now established in eastern Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) and British Columbia. To date, the  ...[more]

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