Semenov's bumble bee
Bombus semenoviellus
Name means: “named after the Russian insect scientist Andrey Semyonov Tyan-Shansky”
Semenov's bumble bee is a furry bumblebee that first lived in the northern pine forests of Russia. In recent years it has been moving west across Europe. Now it also buzzes in meadows, gardens and parks.
Lives in
Northern and eastern Europe and Russia, now spreading west to Germany and Norway
What does it eat?
It visits many kinds of flowers for nectar and pollen. In summer it likes daisy-family flowers best.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Semenov's bumble bee about 16 km/h (9.9 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It is spreading west. It was first found in Germany in 1998 and in Norway in 2013.
2
It lives in Finland all the way up to the Arctic Circle.
3
It makes its nest underground in old empty mouse nests.
4
Its nests are small and do not have very many bees.
5
It flies from the end of April to the end of August.
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Most asked questions about Semenov's bumble bee
?Where does Semenov's bumble bee live?
In northern and eastern Europe and Russia, and it is now spreading west into Germany and Norway.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Bombus semenoviellus
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Apidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Bombus semenoviellus (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 Juho Paukkunen. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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