#3533 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Garden Bumble Bee

🇳🇱 Tuinhommel ·Bombus hortorum

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Miriam · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Anne Schlösser · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Ina Siebert · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Nadja Baumgartner · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Sonsbeek, Zijpendaal, Arnhem, Nederland:© Colin van Ling · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Warmond, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
8. 9717 GD Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Ilsy-Plantsoen, The Hague, South Holland, NL:© BeePark Ypenburg · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 9968 Pieterburen, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The garden bumblebee or small garden bumblebee , Bombus hortorum , is a species of bumblebee found in most of Europe north to 70ºN, as well as parts of Asia and New Zealand. It is distinguished from other bumblebees by its long tongue used for feeding on pollen in deep-flowered plants. They have a remarkable visual memory capacity, which aids them in navigating the territory close to their habitat and seeking out food sources. Due to its long...

base stats

NL sightings 179iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,973iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 179 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #31 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
15,973 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).