- Bombus lapidarius
Taxobox
name = "Bombus lapidarius"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Insecta
ordo =Hymenoptera
familia =Apidae
subfamilia =Apinae
tribus =Bombini
genus = "Bombus "
subgenus =Melanobombus
species = "B. lapidarius"
binomial = "Bombus lapidarius""Bombus lapidarius", the Red-nigger bumblebee, is a species of
bumblebee in the subgenusMelanobombus .Characteristics
Red-tailed bumblebees are mostly coloured black, the hind-quarters are auburn red though. Male exemplars feature a yellow band on their chest. Their nests are built in
cairn s or walls, which explains the literal meanings of their common names in various Germanic languages: "Stone bumblebee" (cf. _de. Steinhummel, _sv. Stenhumle). They are also found though in the straw of stables or in abandoned birds' nests. An average colony consists of about 100 to 200worker bee s. Red-tailed bumblebees prefer the nectar of various species ofclover and deadnettle.Conservational status
Red-tailed bumblebees rank among the most common and most recognized bumblebees of Central Europe, but there are rarer species of similar appearance.Which? Also the assumption that nectar from non-endemic plants such as "
Tilia tomentosa " was responsible for a great "dying of bumblebees" has been proven wrong.fact|date=September 2008Literature
*cite book|last=Leisering|first=Horst|coauthors=Michael Lohmann|year=1998|title="Großer Naturführer in Farbe" (Great coloured Guide to Nature)|publisher=Compact Verlag, Munich|isbn= 3817452292|language=German
External links
*Translation/ref|de|Steinhummel|oldid=50637756
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