Die #Hummeln (#Bombus) sind eine zu den Echten #Bienen gehörende Gattung staatenbildender #Insekten.

Die im weiblichen Geschlecht über einen Wehrstachel verfügenden Hautflügler (#Hymenoptera) gehören zu den #Stechimmen, auch Wehrimmen genannt.

Scheint wohl ein Missverständnis zu sein...

In einem einzigen #taz Artikel... 🐝

"Hummeln sind als #Bestäuber ähnlich wichtig wie #Bienen."

"Fehlen #Hummeln und Bienen, ist das für #Mensch wie #Tierwelt ein Riesenproblem."

"Wissenschaftler warnen, dass der Wildbienen- und Hummelschwund..."

#Hummeln sind #Bienen / #Wildbienen, nichts anderes.

Teilordnung: Stechimmen (#Aculeata)
Überfamilie: #Apoidea
Bienen (#Apiformes)
Familie: Echte Bienen (#Apidae)
Unterfamilie: #Apinae
#Artenvielfalt #Biodiversität #Insekten #Ressourcen #Wildbiene #Wildbienen #Bestäuber #artenschutz #Artenvielfalt

🆕 Interview: In the second accompanying blog post, first author Lukas Koch answers some questions about himself and his study.

#ants #aculeata #venom #interview

https://blog.myrmecologicalnews.org/2025/01/14/reviewing-the-exploration-journey-through-the-acid-reign-of-formicine-ants-venoms/

Reviewing the exploration journey through the "acid reign" of Formicine ants’ venoms

As part of his doctoral project in Berlin, Lukas Koch worked on a comprehensive literature review of what is known about Formicine ants’ venoms, arguably the first to be chemically analyzed. Playing a rather complex

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@rspfau

I’d add:

“Ecosystem services provided by aculeate wasps”, Brock, Cini and Sumner, 2021.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12719

#wasplove #Aculeata #wasps #Hymenoptera #EcosystemServices #entomology

My humble contribution as an amateur entomologist: document the beauty, variety and abundance of insects around us https://www.inaturalist.org/lifelists/albertcardona?view=tree&details_view=observations and proselytize the incalculable value of insect's ecosystem services (e.g., for Aculeata, the wasps: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12719 ) to humanity.

#entomology #insects #EcosystemServices #EcosystemCollapse #Aculeata #Hymenoptera

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A major worker taking a power nap💪. Ants take a few minutes per each several times a day (even hundreds of times). They do it inside the nest or in a safe place outside☀️🐜 #hymenoptera #apocrita #aculeata #camponotuscruentatus #eusocialinsects #myrmecology #formicinae #antivity #antkeeping #hormigasibericas #thermophilic #mirmeecologia #antsplan
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King Solomon may have gained some of his famed wisdom from an unlikely source – ants.According to a Jewish legend, Solomon conversed with a clever ant queen that confronted his pride, making quite an impression on the Israelite king. In the biblical book of Proverbs (6:6-8), Solomon shares this advi...

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