Species Detail - Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bee Records for Ireland (BWARS)".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

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Bombus distinguendus
Great Yellow Bumblebee
NHMSYS0000875554 RecommendedWell-formed
Threatened Species: Endangered
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Morawitz, F., 1869
Insect - hymenopteran
Species
21
17
15
01/05/1924
15/06/1976
1 April (recorded in 1923)
9 October (recorded in 2020)
Bees, Wasps, and Ants Recording Society (GB), Bee Records for Ireland (BWARS), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus), accessed 15 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/267/Species/56054

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)