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Shrill Carder Bee

Bombus sylvarum

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Apidae

Bombus sylvarum, the shrill carder bee or knapweed carder-bee, is a species of bumblebee with a wide distribution across Europe, east to the Ural Mountains, and north to Great Britain, Ireland, and southern Scandinavia. It is called the "shrill carder" because the pitch of its buzzing is more shrill than other bees and it is a carder bee – making its nest by carding material into a fabric. Description It is a small bumblebee; queens are 16–18 mm (0.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Germany · 2,464United Kingdom · 923Switzerland · 376France · 314Spain · 48Italy · 42Luxembourg · 38Netherlands · 26Belgium · 25