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Bumblebee

Bombus ardens Smith, 1879

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The bumblebee (Bombus ardens) is a species in the family Apidae, order Hymenoptera.

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Quick facts about the bumblebee

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the bumblebee live?

Not recorded

Is the 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 bumblebee classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyApidae
  6. genusBombus
  7. SpeciesBombus ardens Smith, 1879

Synonyms Bombus ardens sakagamii, Bombus ardens tsushimanus, Pyrobombus ardens sakagamii

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • Fire-tailed bumble beeEnglish
  • コマルハナバチ(小丸花蜂)Japanese
  • 좀뒤영벌Korean
  • コマルハナバチJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the bumblebee

Other species in the same genus Bombus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the bumblebee?

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

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Bumblebee (Bombus ardens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/bombus-ardens

MLA

“Bumblebee (Bombus ardens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/bombus-ardens.

BibTeX
@misc{bombus_ardens_2026,
  title = {Bumblebee (Bombus ardens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bombus-ardens},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}