Status
Conservation status
ENDANGERED
Species Biology
Identification
- One of our rarest bumblebees
- This distinctive bee is almost completely bright yellow, apart from a black band across the middle of the thorax
Habitat
Currently associated with machair, flower rich sand dunes and dry calcareous grassland but previously known from a wider range of habitat types
Flight period
April-September
Nesting biology
Underground nesting
Flowers visited
Polylectic - Vicia, Trifolium, Centaurea, Succisa, Lamium
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.