Bombus lucorum (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 : 285

16. Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Material: Az. SSR Lerik, Galabyn 23.07.1976,  leg. H. Aliev ; Lenkoran, Alekseevka 27.04.1936, , leg. Bogachev.

Distribution: Very widespread in Palaearctic: from West Europe to the Far East, from forest-tundra to Iran, mountains of Central Asia and Tibet ( Panfilov et al. 1961, Aliev 1984).

Remarks: Occurs in open forests, lowland and mountain meadows, partly in steppes ( Panfilov et al. 1961), foothill gardens, low mountain forests, montane decidous forests, subalpine meadows and azonal vegetation in low mountain landscape ( Aliev 1984). In Talysh it is found in gardens in lowlands and mountain steppes. Nest underground.

Food plants: Trifolium repens , Cirsium falconeri , Pyrus communis , Malus domestica , Prunus domestica , P. spinosa , P. divaricata , Armeniaca vulgaris , Cerasus avium , Astragalus sp. , Salvia sp.