Bombus hypnorum

Family: ApidaeGenus: Bombusnative in Germany

native in Germany

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281

Plants

visited

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382

Interactions

documented

About this species

Bombus hypnorum is a bumblebee that gathers pollen and nectar from a wide range of flowering plants. It is recorded in Great Britain and flies from April to August, producing one or occasionally two generations in a season.

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Visited plants

Yearly cycle

Adults are active from April to August. The species is univoltine or bivoltine, with the potential for a second generation to appear within the same flight season.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polylektisch

Generationen/Jahr

univoltine/bivoltine

Scientific profile

Bombus hypnorum belongs to the family Apidae, genus Bombus. It is a polylectic bee, visiting numerous flower species for forage. The flight period extends from April to August, and the voltinism is univoltine or bivoltine, so one or sometimes two broods can be completed in a year. The species is present in Great Britain, as listed in the United Kingdom Species Inventory.

Visited plants

281 plants are visited by this species

Scrophularia nodosa Nepeta catariaRanunculus polyanthemos subsp. serpensLycopsis arvensis Clinopodium menthifoliumEchiumMedicago lupulinaaesculus hippocastanum dactylorhiza maculataLotus pedunculatusPilosella peleteriana Trifolium hybridumEchinops exaltatusReseda lutea Cirsium dissectum Digitalis purpurea Jacobaea vulgarisRosa spinosissimaMalus sylvestrisBistorta officinalisCrepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifoliaLeontodon hispidus Epilobium parviflorum Ficaria verna Echium vulgare Trifolium pratense Pyrus communisMalus domesticaGeranium pyrenaicumLamium purpureum var. incisumScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisLigustrum vulgareGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumConvolvulus arvensisViola hirta Cytisus scoparius Crataegus monogynaLophiolepis eriophoraAria edulis Papaver somniferumLamium albumLinaria vulgarisBuddleja davidiiIlex aquifolium Rubus fruticosus Viburnum lantana Salix cinerea Ribes uva-crispa Viola tricolorCentaurea nigra subsp. nigra

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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