Bombus pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
(Early Bumblebee)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee)
SubgenusBombus s.s. (bumble bees, humble bees)
GenusBombus (bumble bees or humble bees & cuckoo bees)
FamilyAPIDAE (bees)
SuperfamilyAPOIDEA (solitary and hive bees)
InfraorderAculeata (aculeates: bees, wasps and ants)
SuborderAPOCRITA (bees, wasps, ants and parasitoids)
OrderHYMENOPTERA (ants, bees and wasps, sawflies and parasitoid wasps)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee) :
1: Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee)
24 May 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Allium in garden
Image 1: Female - visiting Allium - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - visiting Allium - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Female - visiting Allium - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Female - visiting Allium - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Female - visiting Allium - lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)
2: Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee)
2 Jul 2008 OSGR: TA08 54° 10’ N, 0° 30’ W Vice County: North-east Yorks (VC 62) England
?female visiting Field Scabious
Image 1: Visiting Scabious - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Visiting Scabious - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Visiting Scabious - partial dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Visiting Scabious - posterior view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Visiting Scabious - posterior view - close-up - enlarged (2)
3: Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee)
3 Jul 2005 OSGR: SO23 51° 60’ N, 3° 10’ W Vice County: Brecon (VC 42) Wales
Male, feeding on Marsh Thistle flowers
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - visiting Marsh Thistle flowerImage 2: Male - lateral view - visiting Marsh Thistle flowerImage 3: Male - lateral view - visiting Marsh Thistle flower (2)Image 4: Male - lateral view - visiting Marsh Thistle flower (3)Image 5: Male - postero-dorsal view - visiting Marsh Thistle flowerImage 6: Male - with male Bombus monticola (on right)Image 7: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 8: Male - face - highly enlargedImage 9: Male - genital capsule - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 10: Male - lateral view - enlargedImage 11: Male - ventral view - enlarged
4: Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee)
22 Jun 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Male, visiting Musk Thistle
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Male - lateral view - enlarged

Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee)
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