BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Bombus (bumble bees)
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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| Species | Bombus hortorum (Linnaeus) (Small Garden Bumble Bee) | 5 | 1 | |
| Species | Bombus humilis Illiger (Brown-banded Carder Bee) | 1 | ||
| Species | Bombus hypnorum (L.) (Tree Bumblebee) | 33 | 7 | 4 |
| Species | Bombus lucorum Linnaeus (White-tailed Bumble Bee) | 19 | ||
| Species | Bombus monticola Smith (Mountain Bumble Bee) | 13 | 1 | |
| Species | Bombus pascuorum (Scopoli) (Common Carder-bee) | 20 | 1 | |
| Species | Bombus pratorum (Linnaeus) (Early Bumble Bee) | 23 | 1 | |
| Species | Bombus ruderarius (Muller) (Red-tailed Carder Bee) | 1 | ||
| Species | Bombus ruderatus (Fabricius) (Large Garden Bumble Bee) | 1 | ||
| Species | Bombus sylvarum (Linnaeus) (Shrill Carder Bee) | 1 | ||
| Species | Bombus terrestris (Linnaeus) (Buff-tailed Bumble Bee) | 6 | 4 | |
| Informal | (Bombus lucorum/magnus) (a pair of very similar bumble bees) | 19 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| Falk, S., 2011 | Warwickshire’s bumblebees |
| Prys-Jones, O.E. & Corbet, S.A., 1987 | Bumblebees |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 3 general literature references to Bombus (bumble bees)
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BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 65 feeding and other relationships of Bombus (bumble bees)
