About the species

Flight period:

January-December

Preferred environment:

Common and found in a wide range of habitats, including parks and gardens.

Nesting biology:

Nests in surface litter

Flowers visited:

Polylectic - Lamium, Impatiens, Cirsium, Vicia, Trifolium, Centaurea, Aconitum, Carduus, Galeopsis, Ribes, Prunus, Malus, Knautia, Lavandula

World distribution:

Palaearctic region

Key identification features:

• multi-coloured bee (doesn't have a banding pattern)
• this bee is the brownest of our bumble bees
• thorax predominantly brown/ginger
• abdomen a mixture of brown and black hairs
• very common species

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