Bombus hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Aliev, Halid A., 2005, On the ecology of bumble bees of the Talysh Region, Azerbaijan (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Bombus), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 55 (2), pp. 279-288 : 283-284

10. Bombus hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Material: Talysh, Mt. Nydis-galasi 12.06.1936, , leg. Bogachev.

Distribution: Palaearctic species. Widely distributed in the north part of Eurasia from western Europe to the Far east, from forest-tundra zone to Transcaucasia, the mountains of Central Asia and northern Mongolia ( Panfilov 1957).

Remarks: In Azerbaijan it is found in foothill steppes and gardens, low mountain open oak-ash forests, montane deforested areas, covered by meadow vegetation, and mountain steppes in The Lesser Caucasus ( Aliev 1984). In Talysh occurs in mountain steppes up to 2000 m. Nest underground.

Food plants: Astragalus sp.