Text References
Blue Banded Bee. 2013. Buzz Pollination. Viewed 15 August 2013, <http://bluebandedbees.com/index.htm>
Bumblebee.org. 2013. The yearly lifecycle of the bumblebee colony. Viewed 9 August 2013, <http://www.bumblebee.org/lifecycle.htm>
Buttermore RE. 1997. Observations of successful Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in southern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Entomology 36, 251-254.
Cane JH. 2008. Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apoformes). Encyclopedia of Entomology 2008. 2, 419-434.
Dornhouse A & Chittka L. 2004. Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp.). Apidologie 35, 183-192.
E Evans, I Burns & M Spivak. 2007. Befriending Bumble Bees. St. Paul: University of Minnesota Press. Hingston AB, Marsden-Smedley J, Driscoll DA, Corbett S, Fenton J, Anderson R, Plowman C, Mowling F, Jenkin M, Matsui K, Bonham KJ, Ilowski M, McQuillan PB, Yaxley B, Reid T, Storey D, Poole L, Mallick SA, Fitzgerald N, Kirkpatrick JB, Febey J, Harwood AG, Michaels KF, Russell MJ, Black PS, Emmerson L, Visoiu M, Morgan J, Breen S, Gates S, Bantich MN, Desmarchelier J M. 2001. Extent of invasion of Tasmanian native vegetation by the exotic bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apoidea: Apidae). Austral Ecology 27, 162-172.
Hingston AB & McQuillan PB. 1998. Does the recently introduced bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apidae) threaten Australian ecosystems? Australian Journal of Ecology 23, 39-549.
International Bee Research Association. 2013. Viewed 7 August 2013,
<http://www.ibra.org.uk/categories/faq#FAQ_13>
NSW Scientific Committee. 2011. Introduction of the large earth bumblebee, Bombus terrestris - key threatening process listing. Viewed 9 August 2013, < http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/determinations/BombusTerrestrisKtpDeclaration.htm>
PJ Gullen & PS Cranston. 2011. The Insects An Outline of Entomology. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, West Sussex.
Semmens TD. 1996. Flower visitation by the bumble bee Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Tasmania. Australian Entomologist. 23, 33-35.
Williams PH. 1998. An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns and description. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology) 67, 79–152.
Williams PH. 2007. The distribution of bumblebee colour patterns world-wide: possible significance for thermoregulation, crypsis, and warning mimicry. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92, 97-118.
Bumblebee.org. 2013. The yearly lifecycle of the bumblebee colony. Viewed 9 August 2013, <http://www.bumblebee.org/lifecycle.htm>
Buttermore RE. 1997. Observations of successful Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) colonies in southern Tasmania. Australian Journal of Entomology 36, 251-254.
Cane JH. 2008. Bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apoformes). Encyclopedia of Entomology 2008. 2, 419-434.
Dornhouse A & Chittka L. 2004. Information flow and regulation of foraging activity in bumble bees (Bombus spp.). Apidologie 35, 183-192.
E Evans, I Burns & M Spivak. 2007. Befriending Bumble Bees. St. Paul: University of Minnesota Press. Hingston AB, Marsden-Smedley J, Driscoll DA, Corbett S, Fenton J, Anderson R, Plowman C, Mowling F, Jenkin M, Matsui K, Bonham KJ, Ilowski M, McQuillan PB, Yaxley B, Reid T, Storey D, Poole L, Mallick SA, Fitzgerald N, Kirkpatrick JB, Febey J, Harwood AG, Michaels KF, Russell MJ, Black PS, Emmerson L, Visoiu M, Morgan J, Breen S, Gates S, Bantich MN, Desmarchelier J M. 2001. Extent of invasion of Tasmanian native vegetation by the exotic bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apoidea: Apidae). Austral Ecology 27, 162-172.
Hingston AB & McQuillan PB. 1998. Does the recently introduced bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apidae) threaten Australian ecosystems? Australian Journal of Ecology 23, 39-549.
International Bee Research Association. 2013. Viewed 7 August 2013,
<http://www.ibra.org.uk/categories/faq#FAQ_13>
NSW Scientific Committee. 2011. Introduction of the large earth bumblebee, Bombus terrestris - key threatening process listing. Viewed 9 August 2013, < http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/determinations/BombusTerrestrisKtpDeclaration.htm>
PJ Gullen & PS Cranston. 2011. The Insects An Outline of Entomology. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, West Sussex.
Semmens TD. 1996. Flower visitation by the bumble bee Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Tasmania. Australian Entomologist. 23, 33-35.
Williams PH. 1998. An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns and description. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology) 67, 79–152.
Williams PH. 2007. The distribution of bumblebee colour patterns world-wide: possible significance for thermoregulation, crypsis, and warning mimicry. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92, 97-118.
Photo References (in order of appearance)
The Humble Bumblebee:
Image After
http://www.imageafter.com/dbase/images/nature_animals_insects/b4nature_animals_insects014.jpg
Appearance and Internal Systems:
borderglider
http://www.flickr.com/photos/borderglider/802646996/
Lynette Hauser
http://cnx.org/content/m44667/latest/?collection=col11541/latest
Reproduction and Colony Cycle:
Minnesota Public Radio
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/05/28/pesticides
Prys-Jones OE & Corbet SA
http://www.bumblebee.org/lifecycle.htm
Importing Bumblebees to Mainland Australia:
jessbussard
http://pearlsnapblog.com/2011/09/07/weedy-wednesday-scotch-broom/
Michael Batley & the ANBRC
http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/plants/weeds-pest-animals-ants/pest-animals/a-z-listing-of-pest-animals/photo-guide-to-pest-animals/large-earth-bumblebee
Sutton Mass
http://www.suttonmass.org/animals/bugs/bumblebee/
The Copy Shop
http://www.thecopyshopinc.com/athome/images/stories/tomato_plants-631.jpg
Image After
http://www.imageafter.com/dbase/images/nature_animals_insects/b4nature_animals_insects014.jpg
Appearance and Internal Systems:
borderglider
http://www.flickr.com/photos/borderglider/802646996/
Lynette Hauser
http://cnx.org/content/m44667/latest/?collection=col11541/latest
Reproduction and Colony Cycle:
Minnesota Public Radio
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/05/28/pesticides
Prys-Jones OE & Corbet SA
http://www.bumblebee.org/lifecycle.htm
Importing Bumblebees to Mainland Australia:
jessbussard
http://pearlsnapblog.com/2011/09/07/weedy-wednesday-scotch-broom/
Michael Batley & the ANBRC
http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/plants/weeds-pest-animals-ants/pest-animals/a-z-listing-of-pest-animals/photo-guide-to-pest-animals/large-earth-bumblebee
Sutton Mass
http://www.suttonmass.org/animals/bugs/bumblebee/
The Copy Shop
http://www.thecopyshopinc.com/athome/images/stories/tomato_plants-631.jpg
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