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Garden bumblebee/Bombus hortorum/trädgårdshumla, and Common carder bee/Bombus bascuorum/åkerhumla. Värmland, Sweden (22 July 2014).
seen from Argentina
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Garden bumblebee/Bombus hortorum/trädgårdshumla, and Common carder bee/Bombus bascuorum/åkerhumla. Värmland, Sweden (22 July 2014).
Garden Bumblebee/Bombus hortorum/trädgårdshumla visiting a Big Betony/Betonica macrantha/praktbetonika. Värmland, Sweden (26 June 2021).
Garden Bumblebee/trädgårdshumla (top and bottom pic) and Gypsy’s Cuckoo Bumblebee/jordsnylthumla (on a thistle). Värmland, Sweden (July 27, 2023).
I believe this is a melanistic Garden Bumblebee/Bombus hortorum/trädgårdshumla. Very goth. Värmland, Sweden (July 23, 2019).
The garden bumblebee has a golden yellow band on the front and rear edge of the thorax with a wide black area in between. The first tergite of the abdomen is also golden yellow, the middle limbs are black and the end of the abdomen has white hairs.
The garden bumblebee is found throughout Europe. Its habitat is forest edges, adjacent meadows, orchards, parks and gardens in residential areas as well as flood embankments
Gallejaur nature reserve in Lappland, Sweden May 29, 2024).
Big bee sippy tongue. :)
Female Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum), Ireland
Garden bumblebee/trädgårdshumla. Värmland, Sweden (June 30, 2018).