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Apple bumblebee

Bombus pomorum (Panzer, 1805)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The apple bumblebee (Bombus pomorum) is a species in the family Apidae, order Hymenoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.2 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the apple bumblebee

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.4 cm – 2.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Generations a year
One
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the apple bumblebee?

APPLE BUMBLEBEE · LENGTH 2.2 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.2 cm, the recorded maximum length of the apple bumblebee is about 1.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the apple bumblebee live?

Not recorded

Is the apple bumblebee endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the apple bumblebee classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyApidae
  6. genusBombus
  7. SpeciesBombus pomorum (Panzer, 1805)

Synonyms Bombus brodmanni, Bombus brodmanni denesi, Bombus lefebvrei, Bombus pomorum canus, Bombus pomorum nigromaculatus, Bombus rufescens, Bombus uralensis, Bremus pomorum, Fervidobombus oreas, Fervidobombus pomorum flavotestaceus, Megabombus pomorum

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Apple humble-beeEnglish
  • čmelák ovocnýCzech
  • FrugthumleDanish
  • ObsthummelGerman
  • Bourdon fruitierFrench
  • Stepinė kamanėLithuanian
  • frukthumleNorwegian Bokmål
  • Limburgse hommelDutch
  • Плодовый шмельRussian
  • čmeľ ovocnýSlovak
  • frukthumlaSwedish
  • Джміль яскравийUkrainian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the apple bumblebee

Other species in the same genus Bombus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the apple bumblebee?

An adult apple bumblebee measures 1.4 cm – 2.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the apple bumblebee?

The apple bumblebee (Bombus pomorum) belongs to the family Apidae in the order Hymenoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Apple bumblebee (Bombus pomorum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/apple-bumblebee

MLA

“Apple bumblebee (Bombus pomorum).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/apple-bumblebee.

BibTeX
@misc{apple_bumblebee_2026,
  title = {Apple bumblebee (Bombus pomorum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/apple-bumblebee},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}