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Queen female on Fritillaria meleagris. Blatna Brezovica, Ljubljansko barje, April 2010 (above and below).

 

Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

 

 

European species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Polylectic social species. Nests in the ground, usually in abandoned nests of rodents.

 

 

Worker female on Salix. Snežnik, July 2006.

 

Male on Gentiana lutea. Kršičevec, Jurišče, July 2011.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena in pogosta vrsta.

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia