Pyrenees bumble bee
The Pyrenees bumble bee is a big, fuzzy bumblebee that lives high up in the mountains of Europe. It has wide yellow-grey bands across its furry body. Up in the mountain meadows it is common, and in some places there are lots of them.
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It can be up to 2 centimetres long, with wings that spread about 3 centimetres.
Each mountain range has its own kind of it: one in the Pyrenees, one in the Alps, one in the Tatras and one in the Carpathians and Balkans.
It loves cold mountain weather and lives in the high, alpine parts of the mountains.
In German it is called the Pyrenäenhummel, which means Pyrenees bumblebee.
Most asked questions about Pyrenees bumble bee
?Where does the Pyrenees bumble bee live?
High up in the mountains of Europe, such as the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Carpathians.
?What flowers does the Pyrenees bumble bee like?
It visits many plants but likes spring crocuses, thistles and bilberries best.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Bombus pyrenaeus
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Apidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Bombus pyrenaeus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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