Worker	Queen
Male

Length	Queen	Worker	Male
Body	15-17mm	9-14mm	11-13mm
Forewing	13mm	10mm	10mm
Proboscis	12-14.5mm	8-12mm	9-10mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
?	?	?	March - September (Earliest: 13.3)

Attractant Chemicals
Monoterpenoids	Citronellol, Citronellyl, Dihydrofarnesal, Dihydrofarnesol, Geraniol, Geranyl Acetate
Sesquiterpenoids	Farnesol, Farnesyl Acetate
Diterpenoids	Geranylgeraniol, Geranylgeranyl
Phenolics	Hexadecanol

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Spruce Forest Edge	Wet Meadows
Food:	Many Asteraceae Nectar, Pollen	Several Lamiaceae Nectar, Pollen	Several Rosaceae Nectar, Pollen	Polygala serpyllifolia Nectar, Pollen
	Bistorta officinalis Nectar, Pollen	Anthriscus sylvestris Nectar, Pollen	Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen	Trifolium pratense Nectar, Pollen
	Epilobium angustifolium Nectar, Pollen	Epilobium hirsutum Nectar, Pollen	Silene flos-cuculi Nectar, Pollen	Malva moschata Nectar, Pollen
	Barbarea vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Plantago lanceolata Nectar, Pollen	Myosotis arvensis Nectar, Pollen	Geranium sylvaticum Nectar, Pollen
	Chelidonium majus Nectar, Pollen	Ficaria verna Nectar, Pollen	Echium vulgare Nectar, Pollen	Salix caprea Nectar, Pollen
	Salix cinerea Nectar, Pollen	Calluna vulgaris Nectar, Pollen	Vaccinium myrtillus Nectar, Pollen	Cytisus scoparius Pollen
Parasitoids:	Syntretus splendidus	Physocephala rufipes Larva	Sicus ferrugineus Larva
Nest Parasite:	Bombus sylvestris

Atlas Hymenoptera: Bombus pratorum Belgium, Europe
BWARS: Bombus pratorum
Bumblebee Pages: Bombus pratorum
Nature Spot: Early Bumblebee - Bombus pratorum
Dutch Bees and their Relations: Bombus pratorum
Wildbienen: Wiesenhummel: Bombus pratorum
Insektenbox: Wiesenhummel

Pictures © 2003, 2005, 2007 J.K. Lindsey

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