Bombus hortorum

Family: ApidaeGenus: Bombusnative in Germany

native in Germany

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236

Plants

visited

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272

Interactions

documented

About this species

A bumblebee that flies from early in the year, visiting a wide range of blossoms to collect pollen. It produces one generation annually.

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Visited plants

Yearly cycle

Adult activity occurs between January and September, during which a single generation is produced. The species forages polylectically on a wide variety of blossoms throughout this period.

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Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polylektisch

Generationen/Jahr

univoltin

Scientific profile

Bombus hortorum is a univoltine bumblebee species, completing a single generation each year. It exhibits polylectic foraging behaviour, collecting pollen from a broad spectrum of flowering plants across many families. Adult activity has been recorded from January through to September. The species is included on the United Kingdom Species Inventory, indicating its presence in Great Britain.

Visited plants

236 plants are visited by this species

Thymus praecoxImpatiens glanduliferaOnonis spinosa subsp. austriacaSalix pentandraSalix alba subsp. coeruleaHypochaeris radicataHelleborus foetidusCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraVicia villosa subsp. villosaLonicera periclymenumSedum acre Prunus cerasus Rubus idaeus Vicia sepiumCarduus nutans subsp. nutansRosa canina var. dumalisMentha aquaticaConvolvulus arvensisEryngium maritimum Ribes nigrumAconitum napellus subsp. lobeliiCampanula rotundifoliaMahonia aquifolium Scorzoneroides autumnalis Crataegus monogyna Allium schoenoprasum Rubus caesius Dipsacus fullonumLamium purpureum var. incisumIris pseudacorusJacobaea vulgaris Viola odorata Calluna vulgaris Cirsium dissectumLythrum salicariaViola arvensis Glechoma hederaceaLotus pedunculatusCirsium palustreAcer campestreVicia sativa subsp. nigraGeum urbanum Filipendula ulmariaMelilotus officinalisHyacinthoides non-scripta Solanum dulcamara Rosa rubiginosa Geranium dissectum Viola riviniana Clematis vitalba

Sources & data origin

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)

•EBHD — European Biodiversity Hub Database v2025, Zenodo, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17107215 (CC BY 4.0)

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