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Garden bumblebee

Bombus hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Status not recordedbees wasps and ants

The garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) is a species in the family Apidae, order Hymenoptera. Recorded adults reach 2.2 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

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Quick facts about the garden bumblebee

Weight
Not recorded
Length
1.3 cm – 2.2 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forest, grassland, human_modified
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the garden bumblebee?

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

Where does the garden bumblebee live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The garden bumblebee is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Is the garden 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 garden bumblebee classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHymenoptera
  5. familyApidae
  6. genusBombus
  7. SpeciesBombus hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761)

Synonyms Apis aemula, Apis fidens, Apis hortorum, Apis maura, Apis palludosa, Bombus corsicus, Bombus flavonigrescens, Bombus hortorum balticus, Bombus hortorum basizonus, Bombus hortorum castaneus, Bombus hortorum hirtus, Bombus hortorum hispanicus, Bombus hortorum invernicus, Bombus hortorum ivernicus, Bombus hortorum kruegeri, Bombus hortorum kussariensis, Bombus hortorum meridionalis, Bombus hortorum mongolicus, Bombus hortorum propedistinguendus, Bombus hortorum quasifidens, Bombus hortorum reddefkaensis, Bombus hortorum subvinogradovi, Bombus hortorum trizonatus, Bombus hortorum turcestanicus, Bombus splendida, Megabombus hortorum asturiensis, Megabombus hortorum dejonghei, Megabombus reingiellus

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Small garden bumblebeeEnglish
  • Small garden humble-beeEnglish
  • abeyón de xardínAsturian
  • čmelák zahradníCzech
  • HavehumleDanish
  • GartenhummelGerman
  • aedkimalaneEstonian
  • tarhakimalainenFinnish
  • Bourdon des jardinsFrench
  • seillean-mòr gàrraidhScottish Gaelic
  • hagehumleNorwegian Bokmål
  • TuinhommelDutch
  • trädgårdshumlaSwedish
  • seilleanan-mòra gàrraidhScottish Gaelic

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the garden bumblebee

Other species in the same genus Bombus.

CompareGarden bumblebee vs Buff-tailed bumblebeeGarden bumblebee vs Common carder beeGarden bumblebee vs Stone humble-beeGarden bumblebee vs Early bumble bee

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the garden bumblebee?

An adult garden bumblebee measures 1.3 cm – 2.2 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the garden bumblebee live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the garden bumblebee for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the garden bumblebee?

The garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) 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). Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/garden-bumblebee

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BibTeX
@misc{garden_bumblebee_2026,
  title = {Garden bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/garden-bumblebee},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}