Bombus hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
(Small Garden Bumblebee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus hortorum (Small Garden Bumblebee)
SubgenusBombus s.s. (bumble bees, humble bees)
GenusBombus (bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees)
FamilyAPIDAE (bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Bumblebee) :
1: Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Bumblebee)
14 Apr 1979 OSGR: SU83 51° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
Queen, resting in early evening
Image 1: Queen - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Queen - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)
2: Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Bumblebee)
22 Jun 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Visiting Musk Thistle
Image 1: Lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Lateral view - enlarged
3: Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Bumblebee)
22 Jun 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Visiting Musk Thistle
Image 1: Dorsal - close-up - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Edwards, M. & Williams, P. 2004 Where have all the bumblebees gone, and could they ever return? British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 5: 305-312.

Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Bumblebee) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Bumblebee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus hortorum (Small Garden Bumblebee)
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