Status
Conservation status
VULNERABLE
Species Biology
Identification
- Females are jet black with a red tail. Distinguished from the identically banded B. lapidarius females by red hairs on the hind leg (they are black in B. lapidarius)
- Males have grey brown bands at the collar and base of the throax and a broad grey-brown band on the abdomen
- Females can be confused with Bombus lapidarius
Habitat
Not common. Associated with flower-rich grasslands.
Flight period
April-September
Nesting biology
Surface nesting
Flowers visited
Polylectic - Lamium, Trifolium, Centaurea, Symphytum, Verbascum, Epilobium, Laburnum, Vicia, Impatiens, Medicago, Rubus, Centaurea
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.