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Small Garden Bumblebee

Bombus hortorum

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Apidae

Bombus hortorum, the garden bumblebee or small garden bumblebee, is a species of bumblebee found in most of Europe north to 70°N, as well as parts of Asia and New Zealand. It is distinguished from most other bumblebees by its long tongue used for feeding on pollen in deep-flowered plants. Accordingly, this bumblebee mainly visits flowers with deep corollae, such as deadnettles, ground ivy, vetches, clovers, comfrey, foxglove, and thistles.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 15,237Germany · 10,102United Kingdom · 5,917France · 574Switzerland · 425Spain · 146Belgium · 105Luxembourg · 99Italy · 60