About the species

Flight period:

January-December

Preferred environment:

Found in a range of habitats but more strongly associated with upland areas.

Nesting biology:

Nests underground in cavities

Flowers visited:

Polylectic - Ballota, Onobrychis, Ononis, Lamium, Calluna, Impateins, Trifolium, Salix, Rubus, Erica

World distribution:

Oriental, Japanese, Palaearctic, Arctic, W Nearctic regions

Key identification features:

• as Bombus lucorum (workers indistinguishable), but yellow collar reaches down the side of the body and underneath the wings in queens
• can only be reliably distinguished from B. lucorum and B. cryptarum using molecular analysis

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