Bibliography for Bombini

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• Dollin, A., Batley, M., Robinson, M. & Faulkner, B. 2000. Native Bees of the Sydney Region. A Field Guide. North Richmond, NSW : Australian Native Bee Research Centre 70 pp.
• Donovan, B.J. 1980. Interactions between native and introduced bees in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 3: 104-116 [Date published 31/12/1980]
• Donovan, B.J. 1990. Selection and importation of new pollinators to New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 13: 26-32 [Date published 31/12/1990]
• Donovan, B.J. & Wier, S.S. 1978. Development of hives for field population increase, and studies on the life cycles of the four species of introduced bumble bees in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 21: 733-756 [Date published 31/12/1978]
• Franklin, H.J. 1913. The Bombidae of the New World. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 38: 177-486 [Date published January]
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• Hingston, A.B. 2005. Does the introduced bumblebee, Bombus terrestris (Apidae), prefer flowers of introduced or native plants in Australia? Australian Journal of Zoology 53: 29-34
• Hingston, A.B. 2005. Inbreeding in the introduced Bumblebee Bombus terrestris causes uncertainty in predictions of impacts on native ecosystems. Ecological Management and Restoration 6(2): 151-153
• Hingston, A.B. 2006. Is the exotic bumblebee Bombus terrestris really invading Tasmanian native vegetation? Journal of Insect Conservation 10: 189-293
• Hingston, A.B., Potts, B.M. & McQuillan, P.B. 2004. The swift parrot, Lathamus discolor (Psittacidae), social bees (Apidae) and native insects as pollinators of Eucalyptus globulus ssp. globulus (Myrtaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 52: 371-379
• Hingston, A.B. & McQuillan, P.B. 1998. Does the recently introduced bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apidae) threaten Australian ecosystems? Australian Journal of Ecology 23(6): 539-549 [Date published December]
• Hingston, A.B. & McQuillan, P.B. 1998. Nectar robbing in Epacris impressa (Epacridaceae) by the recently introduced bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apidae) in Tasmania. Victorian Naturalist 115(4): 116-119
• Hingston, A.B. & McQuillan, P.B. 1999. Displacement of Tasmanian native megachilid bees by the recently introduced bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 47: 59-65
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• Holm, S.N. 1966. The utilization and management of bumble bees for red clover and alfalfa seed production. Annual Review of Entomology 11: 155-182 [Date published 31/12/1966]
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1996. Opinion 1828. Apis terrestris Linnaeus, 1758, A. muscorum Linnaeus, 1758 and A. lucorum Linnaeus, 1761 (currently Bombus terrestris, B. muscorum and B. lucorum) and Bombus humilis Illiger, 1806 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): specific names conserved, and neotypes designated for B. terrestris and B. muscorum. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 53(1): 64-65 [Date published March]
• Krombein, K.V., Hurd, P.D., Smith, D.R. & Burks, B.O. (eds) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institute Press Vol. 2 1199-2209 pp.
• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle des Fourmis, et Recueil de Mémoires et d'Observations sur les Abeilles, les Araignées, les Faucheurs, et Autres Insectes. Paris : F. Dufart Vol. 8 445 pp.
• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp.
• Linnaeus, C. 1761. Fauna svecica sistens animalia sveciae regni: mammalia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes. Distributa per classes & ordines, genera & species, cum differentiis specierum, synonymis auctorum, nominibus incolarum, locis natalium, descriptionibus insectorum. Editio altera, auctior. Stockholmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii [48] + 578 pp.
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• Oliff, A.S. 1895. Successful introduction of humble bees into New South Wales. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 31: 67
• Radoszkowski, O. 1862. Sur quelques hyménoptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Byulletin' Moskovskogo Obshchesteva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii 35: 589-598
• Rayment, T. 1935. A Cluster of Bees. Sixty essays on the life-histories of Australian bees, with specific descriptions of over 100 new species, and an introduction by Professor E.F. Phillips, D.Ph., Cornell University, U.S.A. Sydney : Endeavour Press. 752 pp.
• Richards, O.W. 1968. The subgeneric division of the genus Bombus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 22: 209-276 [Date published 31/12/1968]
• Semmens, T.D. 1996. Flower visitation by the bumble bee Bombus terrestris (L.) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Tasmania. Australian Entomologist 23(2): 33-35 [Date published September]
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• Sladen, F.W.L. 1912. The Humble-bee. Its life-history and how to domesticate it: with descriptions of all the British species of Bombus and Psithyrus. London : Macmillan 238 pp. [Date published 31/12/1912]
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• Williams, P.H. 1998. An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 67(1): 79-152 [Date published June]

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