Bombini
Sign in to saveThe Bombini are a tribe of large bristly apid bees which feed on pollen or nectar. Many species are social, forming nests of up to a few hundred individuals; other species, formerly classified as Psithyrus cuckoo bees, are brood parasites of nest-making species. The tribe contains a single living genus, Bombus, the bumblebees, and some extinct genera such as Calyptapis and Oligobombus. The tribe was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
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Bombus pratorum reina Los abejorros (Bombini) son una tribu de la subfamilia Apinae. Es una tribu cosmopolita de ambos hemisferios. Habitan diversas altitudes, climas fríos, templados, semitemplados y cálidos. Hay un solo género, Bombus Latreille (1802), los llamados abejorros, con más de 250 especies en 15 subgéneros. Se han descrito otros géneros fósiles.
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The Bombini are a tribe of large bristly apid bees which feed on pollen or nectar. Many species are social, forming nests of up to a few hundred individuals; other species, formerly classified as Psithyrus cuckoo bees, are brood parasites of nest-making species. The tribe contains a single living genus, Bombus, the bumblebees, and some extinct genera such as Calyptapis and Oligobombus. The tribe was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1802.
==Fossils== thumb|left|upright|Oligobombus cuspidatus
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