BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Bombus pratorum (Linnaeus) (Early Bumble Bee)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombus pratorum | Male imago | 3 July 2005 | Brecon | Wales | 10 | 1 |
| Bombus pratorum | Male imago | 22 June 1971 | East Norfolk | England | 3 |
Suggested Literature
Bombus pratorum may be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Bombus pratorum is associated with:
There may be taxa associated with Bombus pratorum listed at higher taxonomic level
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HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Associated with Bombus pratorum:
| adult | adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva | Physocephala rufipes - a thick-headed fly (Diptera: Conopidae) | Smith, K.G.V., 1969 | ||
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nest | nest is taken over by female | Psithyrus sylvestris - Four-coloured Cuckoo Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | 
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Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
Bombus pratorum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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ANIMALIA (animals) |
INSECTA (insects) |
HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Aculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants) |
APOIDEA |
APIDAE (bees) |
Bombus (bumble bees) |
References
| Macdonald, M.A., in prep. | Forage, prey and host-parasite relationships of aculeates |
| Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 | Bumblebees |
| Smith, K.G.V., 1969 | Diptera: Conopidae |
