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References

  • Carpenter, F. 1997. Pp. 231-239 in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Vol. 9, 8th Edition. The Lakeside Press: R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company.
  • Fisher, R. 1984. Evolution and host specificity: a study of the invasion success of a specialized bumblebee social parasite. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 62: 1641-1644.
  • Fisher, R. 1987. Queen-worker conflict and social parasitism in bumble bees (Hymenoptera:Apidae). Animal Behaviour, 35: 1026-1036.
  • Fisher, R., B. Sampson. 1992. Morphological Specializations of the Bumble Bee Social Parasite Psithyrus ashtoni (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Canadian Entomologist, 124: 69-77.
  • Hilty, J. Editor. 2010. Insect Visitors of Illinois Wildflowers. World Wide Web electronic publication. flowervisitors.info, version (09/2010).
    See: Abbreviations for Insect Activities, Abbreviations for Scientific Observers, References for behavioral observations
  • Krombein, K. 1997. Pp. 704-713 in McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, Vol. 8, 8th Edition. The Lakeside Press: R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company.
  • Williams, P. H. 1998. An annotated checklist of bumble bees with an analysis of patterns of description (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Bombini). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Entomology), vol. 67, no. 1. 79-152

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