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Subject:	Re: Bumble bee social ?
From:	Beekeepers <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:33:22 +0100
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>Perhaps in England, but in the Northeast bumble bees are solitary.

I had to check this.  From 'Bees of the World' ( Christopher O'Toole and Anthony Raw):

The Bombinae are divided into two tribes: Bombini and Euglossini.

The Bombini are the True Bumble Bees all of which live in temporary eusocial colonies - and these were the ones to which I referred.

The Euglossini are restricted to the American tropics.  Some of these species are solitary, others are communal and some may be quasisocial.

Best wishes

Peter 
52°14'44.44"N, 1°50'35"W

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