#3511 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Tree Bumble Bee

🇳🇱 Boomhommel ·Bombus hypnorum

LCleast concern 🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Morten DD Hansen · CC0
2. © Rachel · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Andrei · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Богинский Евгений Иванович · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Romeinseweg, Venlo, Limburg, NL:© arkaumanns · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Heumensoord, Nimwegen, Gelderland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 5311 Gameren, Nederland:© dgcurrywheel · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 9742 CC Groningen, Netherlands:© Mick Elliot · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The tree bumblebee or new garden bumblebee ( Bombus hypnorum ) is a species of bumblebee common in the European continent and parts of Asia. Since the start of the twenty-first century, it has spread to the United Kingdom and Iceland. These bumblebees prefer habitats that others do not, allowing them to pollinate flowers in areas that many other species do not get to.

base stats

NL sightings 589iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 27,387iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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 589 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #9 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
27,387 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).