Macedonia and Greece were engaged in a dispute regarding the use of the name “Macedonia.” Greece objected because it has a region with the same name and because Greece was the site of the former Kingdom of Macedonia. The dispute was settled in 2019; Macedonia now refers to itself as North Macedonia.
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Bombus pascuorum - Common carder bumblebee nests are found on or slightly below ground. Honey bee colonies can number in the thousands, but a typical bumblebee colony rarely exceed 200 individuals. Only the younger queens survive through the winter to build new nests during the spring. The queen brings no workers with her. She must build the nest and tend to the first batch of eggs herself. New queens and drones will be produced only when the colony reaches a comfortable level. Males are developed from unfertilized eggs..
