<I>Bombus sylvicola</I> (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

<I>Bombus sylvicola</I>

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Bombus sylvicola is one of two bumblebee species in the central Rocky Mountains that has responded to a decline in flowering in alpine habitats by evolving a shorter tongue, an adaptation that favors generalist feeding.

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Nicole Miller-Struttman

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