Worker

Queen

Length	Queen	Worker	Male
Body	18-20mm	9-16mm	13-16mm
Forewing	16mm	12mm	14mm
Proboscis	9-10mm	8-9mm	7-9mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	April - September (Earliest: 21.4)

Biotopes:	Spruce Forest	Heath and Moorland	Peat Bogs and Mires
Food:	Several Ericaceae Nectar, Pollen	Genista anglica Pollen
Nest Parasites:	Bombus bohemicus

Atlas Hymenoptera: Bombus cryptarum Belgium, Europe
BWARS: Bombus cryptarum
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Bombus cryptarum
Wildbienen: Kryptarum-Erdhummel: Bombus cryptarum

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