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Female on Lamium. Lukovica pri Brezovici, April 1990.

 

Bombus pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

 

 

European species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Polylectic social species. Nests usually above ground, sometimes in the ground.

 

Female on Soldanella alpina. Snežnik, 1700 m, June 2009 (above and below).

 

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia