Worker	Queen
Male

Length	Queen	Worker	Male
Body	20-22mm	11-16mm	14-16mm
Forewing	17mm	12mm	12mm
Proboscis	12-14mm	10-12mm	8-10mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - September (Earliest: 10.3)

Attractant Chemicals
Phenolics	Hexadecanol, Tetradecanol
Acids	Butanoic

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Spruce Forest Edge	Wet Meadows
Food:	Many Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Several Fabaceae Nectar, Pollen	Several Lamiaceae Nectar, Pollen	Bistorta officinalis Nectar, Pollen
	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Succisa pratensis Nectar, Pollen	Scrophularia nodosa Nectar, Pollen	Malva moschata Nectar, Pollen
	Campanula rotundifolia Nectar, Pollen	Hypericum pulchrum Pollen	Viola riviniana Nectar, Pollen	Galanthus nivalis Nectar, Pollen
	Barbarea vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Several Rosaceae Nectar, Pollen	Salix cinerea Nectar, Pollen
Parasitoids:	Syntretus splendidus	Conopidae Larvae
Nest Parasites:	Bombus rupestris
Mimics:	Volucella bombylans

Atlas Hymenoptera: Bombus lapidarius Belgium, Europe
BWARS: Bombus lapidarius
Bumblebee Pages: Bombus lapidarius
Nature Spot: Red-Tailed Bumblebee - Bombus lapidarius
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Bombus lapidarius
Wildbienen: Steinhummel - Bombus lapidarius
Insektenbox: Steinhummel

Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 J.K. Lindsey

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