genus
Bombus
Bombus is a genus in the family Apidae. This database currently files 310 species under it, recorded across 1 countries.
- Species filed
- 310
- Threatened
- 0
- Countries recorded
- 1
- With a free photo
- 0%
- Weight range
- Not recorded
Best-known members of Bombus
Ranked by popularity score.

Buff-tailed bumblebee
Bombus terrestris
Common carder bee
Bombus pascuorum
Stone humble-bee
Bombus lapidarius
Garden bumblebee
Bombus hortorum
Early bumble bee
Bombus pratorum
Tree bumblebee
Bombus hypnorum
Small earth humble-bee
Bombus lucorum
Moss carder bee
Bombus muscorum
Where is Bombus found?
Species on file in this genus listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.
- None on record
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8+
The 200 best-known species in Bombus
Of 310 on file.
| Common name | Scientific name | Family | Status | Weight | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buff-tailed bumblebee | Bombus terrestris | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Common carder bee | Bombus pascuorum | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Stone humble-bee | Bombus lapidarius | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Garden bumblebee | Bombus hortorum | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Early bumble bee | Bombus pratorum | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Tree bumblebee | Bombus hypnorum | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Small earth humble-bee | Bombus lucorum | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Moss carder bee | Bombus muscorum | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Shrill carder bee | Bombus sylvarum | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ilfracombe humble-bee | Bombus soroeensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Carder bumble bee | Bombus humilis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Great yellow bumble bee | Bombus distinguendus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Shorthaired bumble bee | Bombus subterraneus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Field cuckoo bee | Bombus campestris | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ruderal bumblebee | Bombus ruderatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Hill cuckoo bee | Bombus rupestris | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Alpine bumblebee | Bombus alpinus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Clay bumble bee | Bombus argillaceus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Heath bumble bee | Bombus jonellus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Red-shanked bumblebee | Bombus ruderarius | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Arctic bee | Bombus polaris | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Semenov's bumble bee | Bombus semenoviellus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Forest cuckoo bee | Bombus sylvestris | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| High country bumble bee | Bombus balteatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Gypsy cuckoo bee | Bombus bohemicus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Confusing bumble bee | Bombus confusus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| High Arctic bumble bee | Bombus hyperboreus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bilberry bumblebee | Bombus monticola | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Four-colored cuckoo bumble bee | Bombus quadricolor | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Vestal cuckoo bee | Bombus vestalis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Armenian bumble bee | Bombus armeniacus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cousinly bumble bee | Bombus consobrinus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Fragrant bumble bee | Bombus fragrans | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sand-colored carder bee | Bombus veteranus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Barbut's cuckoo bee | Bombus barbutellus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cryptic bumblebee | Bombus cryptarum | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Fernald cuckoo bumblebee | Bombus flavidus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lapland bumble bee | Bombus lapponicus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Apple bumblebee | Bombus pomorum | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sporadic bumble bee | Bombus sporadicus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Crotch bumble bee | Bombus crotchii | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Franklin bumble bee | Bombus franklini | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Southern plains bumble bee | Bombus fraternus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Gerstaecker's bumble bee | Bombus gerstaeckeri | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Fiery-tailed bumble bee | Bombus ignitus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Northern white-tail | Bombus magnus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mendacious bumblebee | Bombus mendax | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bumble bee | Bombus pensylvanicus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Schrenck's bumble bee | Bombus schrencki | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Rusty patched bumble bee | Bombus affinis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Black and gold bumble bee | Bombus auricomus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Two form bumble bee | Bombus bifarius | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Short-faced bumble bee | Bombus breviceps | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Belted bumble bee | Bombus cingulatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cullum's bumblebee | Bombus cullumanus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Giant bumble bee | Bombus dahlbomii | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Yellow bumble bee | Bombus fervidus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Common eastern bumble bee | Bombus impatiens | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Black tail bumble bee | Bombus melanopygus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Morrison bumblebee | Bombus morrisoni | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Active bumble bee | Bombus neoboreus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Nevada bumble bee | Bombus nevadensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Paulista bumble bee | Bombus pauloensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sichel's bumble bee | Bombus sichelii | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sitka bumble bee | Bombus sitkensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Tricolored bumble bee | Bombus ternarius | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Half-black bumble bee | Bombus vagans | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Two-spotted bumble bee | Bombus bimaculatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Northern amber bumble bee | Bombus borealis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Scarlet-tailed bumble bee | Bombus coccineus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Frigid bumble bee | Bombus frigidus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Gray-backed bumble bee | Bombus funebris | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Brown-belted bumble bee | Bombus griseocollis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Blood-tailed bumble bee | Bombus haematurus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hunt bumble bee | Bombus huntii | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Kashmir bumble bee | Bombus kashmirensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Black-backed bumble bee | Bombus mesomelas | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Musty bumblebee | Bombus mucidus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Pyrenean bumblebee | Bombus pyrenaeus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Red-belted bumble bee | Bombus rufocinctus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Forest bumble bee | Bombus sylvicola | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Yellow-banded bumble bee | Bombus terricola | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| White shouldered bumble bee | Bombus appositus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Obscure bumble bee | Bombus caliginosus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Central bumble bee | Bombus centralis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Lemon cuckoo bumble bee | Bombus citrinus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Yellow head bumble bee | Bombus flavifrons | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee | Bombus insularis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Irisan bumble bee | Bombus irisanensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mexican bumble bee | Bombus mexicanus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Fuzzy-horned bumble bee | Bombus mixtus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Western bumble bee | Bombus occidentalis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Confusing bumble bee | Bombus perplexus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sanderson bumble bee | Bombus sandersoni | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Amazonian bumble bee | Bombus transversalis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Oaxacan bumble bee | Bombus trinominatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Van Dyke bumble bee | Bombus vandykei | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Variable cuckoo bumble bee | Bombus variabilis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Vosnesensky bumble bee | Bombus vosnesenskii | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | 1 |
| Ashton's cuckoo bumble bee | Bombus ashtoni | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Brazilian bumble bee | Bombus brasiliensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| California bumble bee | Bombus californicus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mesoamerican bumble bee | Bombus ephippiatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Orange-legged bumble bee | Bombus eximius | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Genal bumble bee | Bombus genalis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Mimic bumble bee | Bombus hypocrita | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Unexpected bumblebee | Bombus inexspectatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Steppe bumble bee | Bombus laesus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| MacGregor's bumble bee | Bombus macgregori | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Middle-striped bumble bee | Bombus medius | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Persian bumblebee | Bombus persicus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Black-clothed bumble bee | Bombus pullatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sonoran bumble bee | Bombus sonorus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Steindachner's bumble bee | Bombus steindachneri | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Suckley cuckoo bumble bee | Bombus suckleyi | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bumblebee | Bombus ardens | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Baer's bumble bee | Bombus baeri | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bellicose bumble bee | Bombus bellicosus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bicoloured bumble bee | Bombus bicoloratus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Braccate bumble bee | Bombus braccatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Fernald cuckoo bumble bee | Bombus fernaldae | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Andean gardener bumble bee | Bombus hortulanus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Jet-tailed bumble bee | Bombus melanurus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Snowy bumble bee | Bombus niveatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Andean red bumble bee | Bombus rubicundus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Korean cuckoo bumble bee | Bombus coreanus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Diverse bumble bee | Bombus diversus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Festive bumble bee | Bombus festivus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Taiwan bumble bee | Bombus formosellus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Handlirsch's bumble bee | Bombus handlirschi | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Far eastern bumble bee | Bombus patagiatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Fiery-bodied bumble bee | Bombus pyrosoma | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Semenovian bumble bee | Bombus semenovianus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Three-striped bumble bee | Bombus trifasciatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Tucuman bumble bee | Bombus tucumanus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Tunicked bumble bee | Bombus tunicatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Weis' bumble bee | Bombus weisi | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Black-sided bumble bee | Bombus atripes | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cockerell's bumble bee | Bombus cockerelli | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Hedin's bumble bee | Bombus hedini | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Honshu bumble bee | Bombus honshuensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Korean bumble bee | Bombus koreanus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Long-legged bumble bee | Bombus longipes | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Cream-banded bumble bee | Bombus miniatus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Orange-tipped bumble bee | Bombus opifex | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Dark-legged bumble bee | Bombus picipes | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Red-legged bumble bee | Bombus rufipes | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ancient bumble bee | Bombus senex | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Sonan's bumble bee | Bombus sonani | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Turkestan bumble bee | Bombus turkestanicus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Ussuri bumble bee | Bombus ussurensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Wilmatte's bumble bee | Bombus wilmattae | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Golden-belted bumble bee | Bombus kirbiellus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Vancouver bumble bee | Bombus vancouverensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| McKay's western bumble bee | Bombus mckayi | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus abnormis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus alagesianus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus amurensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus anachoreta | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus anacolus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus angustus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus asiaticus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus avanus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus avinoviellus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus bahiensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus beaticola | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus bellardii | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus beskonakensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus biroi | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus brachycephalus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus branickii | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus brevivillus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus brodmannicus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus butteli | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus cerdanyensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus chinensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus convexus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus cornutus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus czerskianus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus czerskii | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus defector | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus deuteronymus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus difficillimus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus digressus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus dilectus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus diligens | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus ecuadorius | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus elegans | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus eriophorus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus eurythorax | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus excellens | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus exil | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus expolitus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus fedtschenkoi | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus ferganicus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus filchnerae | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus flavescens | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus friseanus | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus funerarius | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Not recorded | Bombus ganjsuensis | Apidae | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |