A Preliminary Assessment of Bumble Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Habitat Suitability Across Protected and Unprotected Areas in the Philippines

The Philippines is a biodiversity hotspot and is home to thousands of endemic species, including at least two understudied bumble bee species: Bombus flavescens Smith, 1952 and Bombus irisanensis Cockerell, 1910. Since the 1990s, there have been virtually no studies published on the biology, ecology, and taxonomy of Philippine bumble bees—evidence of the dearth of basic entomological investigations on these important insects. In this preliminary...