Length	Queen	Worker	Male
Body	15-18mm	9-15mm	12-14mm
Forewing	13mm	10mm	11mm
Proboscis	13-15mm	12-13mm	10-11mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - October (Earliest: 21.3)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Spruce Forest Edge
Food:	Many Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Several Clusiaceae Pollen	Many Fabaceae Nectar, Pollen	Many Lamiaceae Nectar, Pollen
	Anemone nemorosa Pollen	Alliaria petiolata Nectar, Pollen	Barbarea vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen
	Epilobium hirsutum Nectar, Pollen	Scrophularia nodosa Nectar, Pollen	Comarum palustre Nectar, Pollen	Calystegia sepium Nectar, Pollen
	Linaria vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Melampyrum pratense Nectar, Pollen	Oxalis acetosella Nectar, Pollen	Succisa pratensis Nectar, Pollen
	Ceratocapnos claviculata Nectar, Pollen	Digitalis purpurea Nectar, Pollen	Viola riviniana Nectar, Pollen	Urtica dioica Pollen
	Malva moschata Nectar, Pollen	Most Salix Nectar, Pollen	Erica tetralix Nectar, Pollen	Vaccinium myrtillus Nectar, Pollen
	Ilex aquifolium Nectar, Pollen
Parasitoids:	Syntretus splendidus	Physocephala rufipes Larva	Sicus ferrugineus Larva
Nest Parasites:	Bombus campestris
Mimics:	Arctophila superbiens	Criorhina berberina	Bombylius major

Atlas Hymenoptera: Bombus pascuorum Belgium, Europe
BWARS: Bombus pascuorum
Bumblebee Pages: Bombus pascuorum
Nature Spot: Common Carder Bumblebee - Bombus pascuorum
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Bombus pascuorum
Wildbienen: Ackerhummel: Bombus pascuorum
Insektenbox: Ackerhummel

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