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Female from Mt. Komen, 1650 m, Kamniško-Savinjske Alpe, collected in May 1999 (above and below).

 

Bombus monticola (Smith, 1849)

 

 

Boreomontane species, distributed in the Alpine region of Slovenia.

Polylectic social species. Nests in abandoned mouse nests or in cavities.

 

 

 

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