Foraging behaviour of Bombus pomorum: extinct in the British Isles

Using pollen analysis

This research has produced the first direct evidence of the foraging behaviour of the bumblebee species Bombus pomorum (Panzer, 1805) that went extinct from the British Isles in the mid-nineteenth century from the analysis of pollen preserved on the hairs of the three surviving British museum specimens.

Publications

Jeffers, D (2017) Foraging behaviour of Bombus pomorum that went extinct from the British Isles in the nineteenth century. The Journal of Apicultural Research, 56(5), 510-513. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218839.2017.1355346

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Project complete

Research Team: Dr Darren Jeffers