BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Bombus hortorum (Linnaeus) (Small Garden Bumble Bee)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombus hortorum | Female imago | 14 April 1979 | West Sussex | England | 2 |
| Bombus hortorum | Female imago | 22 June 1971 | East Norfolk | England | 1 |
| Bombus hortorum | Female imago | 22 June 1971 | East Norfolk | England | 2 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Edwards, M. & Williams, P., 2004 (Colour photograph) | Where have all the bumblebees gone, and could they ever return |
Bombus hortorum may also be covered by literature listed under:
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Bombus hortorum is associated with:
There may be taxa associated with Bombus hortorum listed at higher taxonomic level
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HYMENOPTERA (bees, wasps, ants, sawflies and parasitoid wasps) |
Associated with Bombus hortorum:
| 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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adult | adult is endoparasitoid host of solitary larva | Sicus ferrugineus - a thick-headed fly (Diptera: Conopidae) | Smith, K.G.V., 1969 | |
| nest | nest is taken over by female | Psithyrus barbutellus - Barbut's Cuckoo Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) | 
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Macdonald, M.A., in prep. Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 |
Bombus hortorum 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 |
