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Should this be incorporated?

Looking at the content of this post, it seems that it would be better if just incorporated into the Bumble bee article. Most of the info is just a duplication of material found there. A paragraph on this species could be done at that location, if desired.Metre01 (talk) 14:39, 28 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, that information clutters this page, and can be accessed via links. Removed. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 14:41, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Eradication

Iff this is the same species as Bombus Terricola, I'm guessing that this species is only found in Vermont in 2013. It had died out everywhere else. Student7 (talk) 22:59, 19 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

New Edit

Hey, my name is Matt. Thank you for letting me edit this article. I added some information on this bee. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewkim93 (talk • contribs) 05:20, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Review for class

This article is very well written. I corrected some grammatical mistakes as well as moved around some sentences to make some of the paragraphs flow better. However, I have no other critiques of this article. I am not personally knowledgeable of the Western bumble, but if all of the research is correct, then this article helps convey this information very well. Vsalazar258 (talk) 00:34, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review

First off, I added the course banner to the talk page. I thought that this article elaborated well on the status of this species and its rarity – perhaps you could add a conservation scale on the box to the right at the top of the page. I liked that you had a lot of details about identification of the bee and differences between sexes. Like many other articles, the behavior section was well done. I liked that you put a summary of information before going into the individual subsections about their behavior. It seems like other users already corrected most of the possible grammar/spelling mistakes. When editing, it seems like other users have added comments on certain areas of the article regarding sources or conflicting information. Given the rarity of this species, are there any studies on how this species of bee reproduces or mates? It could be a valuable section to add to the article. Overall well done in adding lots of detail about their behavior! Chtsai016 (talk) 03:39, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia Review

Hi, I am an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis peer reviewing this page as part of a class project. First, the article was very thorough in terms of the behavior of B. occidentalis. However, I moved the subsection of "The importance of nectar" to under the "Nectar robbing behavior" subsection, as I believe there would be a better flow of information this way. In addition, in terms of your references in the section "Threats," it seems that all the references come from the same reference, but references were cited multiple times and inconsistently within the section, so I would suggest either citing every single point, or citing the section all together as from one reference. In addition, I removed the article "the" when you mention the species name as a grammatical correction. I also edited for grammatical errors in some sections, especially under the section "Human Importance," and I would suggest to explain more of the drifting effect in this section, as well as specify who "they" are in this specific section. Finally, to both authors, I would be more specific in the information that was added under the talk section. Eliseoh (talk) 20:06, 1 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

More Edits

I was able to make a couple more edits to this article. I would first suggest that the second sentence of the introductory paragraph that talks about the species’ legitimacy be moved to under “Taxonomy and Phylogeny.” In addition, I hyperlinked some of the words in this section, including the taxonomic names of “Insecta,” “Hymenoptera,” and “Apidae.” I have also revised a couple of grammatically incorrect/awkward sentences. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Eliseoh (talk • contribs) 05:10, 4 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]