Worker

Queen

Length	Queen	Worker	Male
Body	18-22mm	9-17mm	14-16mm
Forewing	16mm	12mm	14mm
Proboscis	9-10mm	8-9mm	7-8mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	February - September (Earliest: 16.2)

Attractant Chemicals
Monoterpenoids	Citronellol, Dihydrofarnesal, Dihydrofarnesol
Phenolics	Hexadecanol

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Spruce Forest Edge	Wet Meadows
Food:	Several Apiaceae Nectar, Pollen	Many Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Several Fabaceae Nectar, Pollen	Several Lamiaceae Nectar, Pollen
	Several Rosaceae Nectar, Pollen	Hypericum maculatum Pollen	Hypericum perforatum Pollen	Anemone nemorosa Pollen
	Bistorta officinalis Nectar, Pollen	Rumex obtusifolius Nectar, Pollen	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Linaria vulgaris Nectar, Pollen
	Succisa pratensis Nectar, Pollen	Digitalis purpurea Nectar, Pollen	Campanula rotundifolia Nectar, Pollen	Galanthus nivalis Nectar, Pollen
	Veronica chamaedrys Nectar, Pollen	Chelidonium majus Nectar, Pollen	Salix caprea Nectar, Pollen	Salix cinerea Nectar, Pollen
	Sambucus nigra Nectar, Pollen
Parasitoids:	Syntretus splendidus	Physocephala rufipes Larva	Sicus ferrugineus Larva
Nest Parasites:	Bombus bohemicus
Phoretic (Symbiotic) Hitch-hikers:	Parasitellus fucorum
Mimics:	Volucella bombylans

Atlas Hymenoptera: Bombus lucorum Belgium, Europe
BWARS: Bombus lucorum
Bumblebee Pages: Bombus terrestris and lucorum
Nature Spot: White-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus lucorum
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Bombus lucorum
Wildbienen: Helle Erdhummel: Bombus lucorum

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

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