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InsectLCLeast Concern

Garden Bumblebee

Bombus hortorum

About

The garden bumblebee has the longest tongue of any UK bumblebee, enabling it to reach nectar in deep flowers like foxglove and red clover. It has two yellow bands and a white tail.

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Quick Facts

Category
Insect
Latin name
Bombus hortorum
IUCN Status
LC — Least Concern
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Conservation Status: LC

Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.