Early Bumblebee
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| Bombus pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761) |
The Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) is black, with a yellow band around the front of the thorax and red colouration on abdominal segments 4 to 6. The queen is 15 to 17mm, the worker 9 to 14mm and the male 11 to 13mm.
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[edit] Flight period
Although it flies early - March to July - hence its name, other species such as the Large Earth Bumblebee fly as early as February.[1]
[edit] Habitat
Its habitat is very wide ranging, including fields, parks, scrubland, but not in dense forest.
[edit] Distribution
It is found all across Europe.
[edit] Behaviour
It stores pollen in wax pots or empty cells. Colonies rarely contain more than 120 individuals.
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[edit] Sources
- http://www.bumblebee.org/prat.htm
- This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding French Wikipedia article as of Sep 25, 2007.
