Bombus pomorum
{{Short description|Species of bee}}
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| image = Bourdon Bombinae bombus ponorum bourdon.jpg
| image_caption = Bombus pomorum
| genus = Bombus
| parent = Bombus (Thoracobombus)
| species = pomorum
| authority = (Panzer, 1805){{ITIS|id=714982|taxon=Bombus pomorum (Panzer, 1805)|accessdate=5 February 2013}}
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The apple humble-bee or apple bumblebee (Bombus pomorum) is a species of bumblebee.
Description
This bumblebee is black with a red tail, an oblong head, and a long proboscis. The male has pale hairs on the collar, scutellum, and first tergite (abdominal segment).{{cite book |last=Benton |first=Ted |title=Bumblebees |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |location=London, UK |year=2006 |pages=529–530 |chapter=Appendix 1: Species Considered Extinct in Britain |isbn=0007174519}} The queen has a body length between {{convert|20|and|22|mm|abbr=on}}, the worker around {{convert|14|mm|abbr=on}}, and the male {{convert|15|mm|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.wildbienen.de/b-pomoru.htm |title=Obsthummel – Bombus pomorum |accessdate=2 February 2013 |language=German |publisher=Wildbienen}}
Distribution
The apple humble-bee is found in western and central Europe and western Turkey, from northern France to the Perm region in Russia. Its reach is declining and once had a much wider distribution.{{cite web |url=http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/hymenoptera/pagetaxon.asp?tx_id=3029 |title=Bombus (Thoracobombus) pomorum (Panzer, 1805) |author=Pierre Rasmont |accessdate=2 February 2013 |publisher=Université de Mons}} It was once present in the United Kingdom and was found once in Kent recently, but it is doubtful it is still established there.
Ecology
This species is mainly found in wood-edges and open fields. The Turkish subspecies B. p. canus, however, lives on more or less alpine steppes at altitudes between {{convert|1600|and|3500|m|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/hymenoptera/pagetaxon.asp?TX_ID=1316 |title=Bombus (Thoracobombus) pomorum (Panzer, 1805) |author=Pierre Rasmont |accessdate=4 February 2013 |work=Atlas Hymenoptera – Bombus of Turkey |publisher=Université de Mons}}