Garden bumblebee

Bombus hortorum
Bees (Apidae)

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A bumblebee with a black head and relatively long nose. The breast is yellow-black-yellow banded and the rear is yellow-black-white. 

Found near flower fields and has the longest tongue of the bumblebees enabling him to access more flowers.

⇔ l. 13-20 mm

Bumblebee colonies have a queen. First to hatch are the ♀ taking care of the nest, in summer ♂ and new queens follow that perform a ritual mating flight. The garden bumblebee often produces two generations a year. The fertilised queen lives through the winter, all others perish in autumn.

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≈ The BOMBUS TERRESTRIS (Buff-tailed bumblebee) appears less yellowish since there is no yellow on its breast, the yellow is only at the tail end.
≈ The hoverfly VOLUCELLA BOMBYLANS (Bumblebee Giant) does its best to look like a bumblebee with its thick hair. But by the eyes and his flight behaviour, you can clearly see that it is a hoverfly.

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