Stone bumblebee

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Stone bumblebee
Male stone bumblebee

Male stone bumblebee

Systematics
Superfamily : Apoidea
without rank: Bees (Apiformes)
Family : Apidae
Subfamily : Apinae
Genre : Bumblebees ( bombus )
Type : Stone bumblebee
Scientific name
Bombus lapidarius
( Linnaeus , 1758)
Stone bumblebee

The stone bumblebee ( Bombus lapidarius ) is a type of bumblebee ( Bombus ). In 2005 it was named Insect of the Year in Germany and Austria.

features

Stone bumblebees reach a body length of 12 to 16 millimeters (worker), 14 to 16 millimeters (drone) or 20 to 22 millimeters (queen). They are mostly black, the end of the abdomen is brownish red. Male stone bumblebees have a yellow band on their chest. They lay their nests under piles of stones or walls, which is what the name refers to. However, they can also be found in the straw of stables or in abandoned bird nests. An average state consists of around 100 to 200 women workers. Stone bumblebees prefer the nectar from various species of clover and dead nettle .

protection

In Central Europe , the stone bumblebee is one of the most common and well-known species of bumblebee, but there are some rarer species that look similar to them.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Westrich, Paul (2005): Die Steinhummel Bombus lapidarius (Linnaeus 1758) (Hym., Apidae) - The insect of the year 2005. - Entomological news and reports 49: 1-13. (PDF file, 1.14 MB)

literature

  • Horst Leisering, Michael Lohmann: Great nature guide in color. Compact Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-8174-5229-2 .
  • Eberhard von Hagen, Ambros Aichhorn: Bumblebees. determine, settle, multiply, protect. Fauna Verlag, Nottuln 2003, ISBN 3-935980-28-0 .

Web links

Commons : Stone bumblebee ( Bombus lapidarius )  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Insect of the year in ...
... Germany (1999-2004)

Common lacewing (1999) | Golden rose beetle (2000) | Plattbauch (2001) | Brimstone Butterfly (2002) | Feldgrille (2003) | Grove Hover Fly (2004)

... Austria (2000-2004)

Viennese night peacock butterfly (2000) | Alpenbock (2001) | Three types of Spring Maiden : Big Spring Maiden , Striped Spring Maiden , Two- striped Spring Maiden (2002) | European Bachhaft (2003) | Sail butterfly (2004)

... Germany and
Austria (2005–2008)

Stone Bumblebee (2005) | Seven-point ladybug (2006) | Knight bug (2007) | Esparsette Ram (2008)

... Germany, Austria
and Switzerland (since 2009)

Common Bloodhopper (2009) | Ant lion (2010) | Great notch ant (2011) | Stag beetle (2012) | Banded river quiver fly (2013) | Goldshell Fly (2014) | Silver-Green Bluing (2015) | Dark brown diver (2016) | European praying mantis (2017) | Common Scorpion Fly (2018) | Red Mason Bee (2019) Black and Blue Oil Beetle (2020)