Bombus hypnorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Tree Bumblebee)

Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBombus hypnorum (Tree 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Early, J. 2007 Map showing the current … Bombus hypnorum Vol 18, No 6 Page: 441
Goulson, D. & Williams, P. 2001 Bombus hypnorum (Hymenoptera: Apidae) a new British Bumblebee? Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist..
Pinchen, B. 2002 Bombus hypnorum Vol 13, No 6 Page: 432
Roberts, S. 2010 Information Sheet 3: Tree Bee (Bombus hypnorum)

Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. 2006 BWARS map of Bombus hypnorum Vol 27, No 3 Page: 207

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 40 images of Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee)

A newly arrived species which is spreading northwards in England.

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