Talk:Bombus citrinus

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 January 2019 and 6 May 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Sasha Mendez, Cj.hanlon96. Peer reviewers: Dhara612, Milanarya1, Valxoxo48, Emely.cruz24, Js2309.

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Untitled
Why is this a very interesting animal? And that is an oppinion. 75.73.198.215 (talk) 20:19, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, I was expecting a bit more information than "it's interesting". I assume it does actually do something and doesn't just exist for the fun of it.... --91.104.232.102 (talk) 16:46, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Close relative?
I find it a little hard to see how this bumblebee, of the subgenus Psithyrus (cuckoo bumblebees), could be a close relative of Bombus (Pyrobombus) impatiens. The latter is a social bumblebee, quite different from Psithyrus. / Ternarius (talk) 10:54, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

P.Citrinus
P. citrinus "maul" worker bees of the hive that they invade (Fisher, 72). Fisher, R. (1983). Inability of the Social Parasite Psithyrus ashtoni to Suppress Ovarian Development in Workers of Bombus affinis (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 56(1), 69-73. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/25084374

--Cj.hanlon96 (talk) 20:36, 14 February 2019 (UTC)

Emely's Peer Review
The conservation status is great, I really enjoyed learning about the different types of status all in one simple section. The information you have so far is good and is a great start to your article/research. I like that you included some foraging behavior. Definitely expand how the bees invade the colonies of others as this seems like a very interesting topic and would captivate the reader's attention as it did mine. Some questions I would ask as a reader: Do the worker bees ever realize they have been invaded? And if so, what happens then? The link in your first reference is not working, so I would look into why that is. The second reference does work! Overall, great Job! --Emely.cruz24 (talk) 01:13, 16 March 2019 (UTC)

Adding Phylogeny Section
Hello, I'm working on a Phylogeny section and have added part of a paragraph on B.citrinus' origins and groupings. I have also added some citations. A partner and I are working on this for a class project and will be adding more to this and adding some other sections. Sasha Mendez (talk) 20:54, 31 March 2019 (UTC)

Origin of "lemon"
I always believed this bee was so called due to the citrusy smell it emits, and not its color. Perhaps a reference on the origin of the name is available?Muniche (talk) 11:54, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Phenology question
In the introductory section it says "Before the queen invades a nest she forages on various plants, such as asters, thistles, snakeroots, blazing-stars, mountain-mints, and goldenrods.[1]" These are mostly relatively late-season plants. What is the lifecycle of queens in Bombus citrinus? Do they mate and overwinter (I assume so). Do they therefore have a period of foraging between eclosure and diapause, and then a second period in the spring before invading a nest? Perhaps a small section could be added on the timing of these behaviors, maybe in the "biology" section.Muniche (talk) 11:57, 25 April 2019 (UTC)

Italicize latin binomials
Would be great to go through and edit for mechanics and spelling, but especially to make sure all latin binomials are italicized.Muniche (talk) 20:21, 29 April 2019 (UTC)