Complete morphological characters of Bumblebee, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae , Genus: Bombus Entomolgy Department BZU Multan

1. Welcome
Department of Entomology BZU Multan Pakistan

2. Muhammad Salman
Roll No 34-E

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Bumblebees are large, hairy social insects.
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There are over 250 known species.
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Order: Hymenoptera
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Family: Apidae
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Genus: Bombus

4. Head

5. 
Geniculate or elbow shaped antennae.

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Mouthparts are chewing-lapping.
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The bumblebee has a long, reddish-coloured
tongue that is hairy at the end so is good for
soaking up nectar

11. Mouthparts

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Bumblebee has Two compound Eyes & Three
Simple eyes (Oceli).

13. Compound Eye
Oceli
Compound Eye

14. Thorax

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Two Pair of wings.
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All wings are membranous.
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Hind wings are small and usually attached to
the front wings by a row of hooks called
hamuli.

16. Fore Wing
Hind Wing

20. Fore leg
Meta leg
Meso leg

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Proleg is antenna cleaner leg.

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Metaleg is pollen collecting leg.

23. Pollen
Collecting
Leg

24. Pollen Basket

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Just helps in walking no modification.

28. Abdomen

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Females have 6 segments and males have 7.
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Sting (Queen, Workers)
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Genital Capsule in Males.

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Workers and Queens have Sting.
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And their sting is not barbed like that of the
honeybee, so they can sting more than once.
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Honey bee dies after she has stung a human
but Bumblebee not die.

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Male bumblebees have no sting.
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In males the part of the body that becomes
the sting in females becomes the genital
capsule in males, so is used in mating.

35. 
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Anonymous, Bumblebee, 2013,
http://www.bumblebee.org/index.html
Anonymous, Bumblebee Morphology, 2013,
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=bumblebee
 Anonymous, bumblebee, 2013,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumblebee
 Borror, Bumblebee, 2013,
https://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/cimg340.html
 Adrian D.Thysse, Red-belted Bumblebee, 2013,
http://bugs.adrianthysse.com/2011/05/red-beltedbumblebee/