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Bombus

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n.1.bumblebees.
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Noun1.BombusBombus - bumblebees                          
genus Bombus
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
Apidae, family Apidae - honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees
bumblebee, humblebee - robust hairy social bee of temperate regions


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It is illegal to release non-native species into Scotland but the foreign bees are a sub-species of the native variety called Bombus terrestris, so do not break the law.
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Additionally, the normal pollination vectors of Sarracenia are bees (Schnell, 1976 1978; Slack, 1979; O'Neil, 1983) including Bombus that has a foraging range of only a few kilometers (Kreyer et al.
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