Talk:Franklin's bumblebee

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Terrible writing

"Franklin's bumblebee is accepted as a distinctive species separate from other species of Bombus and is hard to distinguish because it is very rare, but also because many species of Bombus, including B. franklini, are cryptic, therefore misleading, and almost impossible to identify."

Write this in a research paper and watch the red ink flow. Species are neither cryptic, nor misleading. Identifying characteristics might be misleading, and the behavior of a bee might be cryptic. Also, why are species almost impossible to identify? Because you say so? 174.108.61.203 (talk) 21:16, 26 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, species are cryptic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_complex#Cryptic_species — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.167.169.216 (talk) 03:57, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Who is Franklin?

Equinox ◑ 15:15, 5 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]