Bombus pratorum

Family: ApidaeGenus: Bombusnative in Germany

native in Germany

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365

Plants

visited

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554

Interactions

documented

About this species

Bombus pratorum is a bumblebee recorded in Great Britain. It has a bivoltine life cycle and a polylectic foraging strategy, with adults active from March to September.

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Visited plants

Yearly cycle

Adults are on the wing from March to September, with two generations likely emerging over this period.

Safety note (optional)

Safety information is not available from the source data.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

polylektisch

Generationen/Jahr

bivoltin

Scientific profile

This bumblebee is bivoltine, producing two generations each year. It is polylectic, collecting pollen from a diverse range of flowers. Flight activity occurs between March and September.

Visited plants

300 plants are visited by this species

Trifolium repens subsp. repensSonchus oleraceus Viola riviniana Jacobaea erucifoliaHypericum perforatum var. latifoliumOrchis mascula subsp. speciosaBuddleja davidiiHypericum tetrapterum Stellaria aquatica Zea mays Solanum dulcamaraRosa canina var. dumalisSambucus nigraLeontodon hispidus Fragaria vesca Bistorta officinalisRanunculus polyanthemos subsp. serpensSymphoricarpos albusCrepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifoliaReseda lutea Vaccinium microcarpum Epilobium parviflorumEchiumFicaria verna Jacobaea vulgaris Rhinanthus minor Symphytum officinaleValeriana officinalisSolidago virgaurea subsp. virgaureaVicia faba Viola hirtaVicia sativa subsp. nigraPyrus communis Viola tricolor Prunus spinosa Centranthus ruber Lapsana communis Epilobium tetragonum Clematis vitalbaAllium sphaerocephalonRosa rubiginosa Prunus laurocerasus Salix viminalisGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumaesculus hippocastanumEuphrasia nemorosa subsp. nemorosaHelminthotheca echioides Digitalis purpureaRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusMalva moschata

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)