Bombus bohemicus, also known as the gypsy's cuckoo bumblebee, is a species of socially parasitic cuckoo bumblebee found in most of Europe with the exception of the southern Iberian Peninsula and Iceland.[1]B. bohemicus practices inquilinism, or brood parasitism, of other bumblebee species. B. bohemicus is a generalist parasite, successfully invading several species from genus Bombus. The invading queen mimics the host nest's chemical signals, allowing her to assume a reproductively dominant role as well as manipulation of host worker fertility and behavior.
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Bombusbohemicus, also known as the gypsy's cuckoo bumblebee, is a species of socially parasitic cuckoo bumblebee found in most of Europe with the exception...
bumblebee, Bombusbohemicus, but is distinguishable by either the length of the antennal segments or dissection and comparison of the genitalia. In Bombus vestalis...
extensively by a separate species of bee, Bombusbohemicus, which is an obligate brood parasite. B. bohemicus ends hibernation shortly after B. affinis...
and Obrecht even coined the term Bombus lucorum complex to explain the three taxa (B. lucorum, Bombus magnus, and Bombus cryptarum) that cannot be easily...
eggs in the nest cells of other bees, often within the same family. Bombusbohemicus, for example, parasitises several other species in its genus, including...
reproductive parasite; its common host is Vespula acadica. In the genus Bombus, B. bohemicus is an obligate parasite of B. locurum, B. cryptarum, and B. terrestris...
Bombus, in one or more subgenera. Examples of Bombus species include Bombus pauloensis, Bombus dahlbomii, Bombus fervidus, Bombus lapidarius, Bombus ruderatus...
take care of their brood, as well as Bombusbohemicus, a bumblebee that relies on host workers of various other Bombus species. Similarly, in Eulaema meriana...
and Russia. Its main hosts are Bombus pratorum, Bombus jonellus, and Bombus monticola. As a cuckoo bumblebee, Bombus sylvestris lays its eggs in another...
arion, its larvae employing ant mimicry to parasitise certain ants, Bombusbohemicus, a bumblebee which invades the hives of other bees and takes over reproduction...
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