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Cullum's bumblebee

Bombus cullumanus (Kirby, 1802)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The cullum's bumblebee (Bombus cullumanus) is a species in the family Apidae, order Hymenoptera. Recorded adults reach 1.9 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the cullum's bumblebee

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.2 cm – 1.9 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 cullum's bumblebee?

CULLUM'S BUMBLEBEE · LENGTH 1.9 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.9 cm, the recorded maximum length of the cullum's bumblebee is about 1.1% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the cullum's bumblebee live?

Not recorded

Is the cullum's 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 cullum's bumblebee classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyApidae
  6. genusBombus
  7. SpeciesBombus cullumanus (Kirby, 1802)

Synonyms Apis cullumana, Bombus apollineus, Bombus burrellanus, Bombus serrisquama, Bombus silantjewi, Pyrobombus cullumanus

Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Cullum's humble beeEnglish
  • SteppehumleDanish
  • MarschhummelGerman
  • Bourdon des caussesFrench
  • WaddenhommelDutch
  • Шмель пластинчатозубыйRussian
  • stäpphumlaSwedish
  • CullumanushummelGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cullum's 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 cullum's bumblebee?

An adult cullum's bumblebee measures 1.2 cm – 1.9 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the cullum's bumblebee?

The cullum's bumblebee (Bombus cullumanus) 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). Cullum's bumblebee (Bombus cullumanus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cullums-bumblebee

MLA

“Cullum's bumblebee (Bombus cullumanus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cullums-bumblebee.

BibTeX
@misc{cullums_bumblebee_2026,
  title = {Cullum's bumblebee (Bombus cullumanus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cullums-bumblebee},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}