Status
Conservation status
VULNERABLE
Species Biology
Identification
- Cuckoo bumblebee
- Brown-yellow tail
- Queens have two dark orange-yellow bands on the thorax and a small orange-brown tail
- Males also have two dark orange-yellow bands on the thorax, but the brown-yellow tail extends to more than half of the abdomen
Habitat
Not common. Known from a range of habitat types.
Flight period
April-October
Nesting biology
Breeds in nests of B. pascuorum and also probably B. muscorum, B. ruderarius & B. sylvarum
Flowers visited
Polylectic - Taraxacum, Scabiosa, Knautia, Vicia, Centaurea, Carduus
Distribution
World distribution(GBIF)
Palaearctic region
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2024
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References
Publications
Conservation status: FitzPatrick Ú., Murray T.E., Byrne A., Paxton
R.J., Brown M.J.F. (2006) Regional Red List of Irish Bees, Publ. Rep. to
National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) and Environment and Heritage
Service (N. Ireland). http://www.npws.ie/publications/red-lists
Flowers visited & World distribution: Westrich, P. (1989) Die Wildbienen
Baden-Württembergs. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, Germany.