Small Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Small Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) - 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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Scientific Name Bombus hortorum

Common Name Small Garden Bumblebee

Taxon Version Key NHMSYS0000875562 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Bombus (Megabombus) hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761), Bombus ?flavonigrescens [Genus inferred] Smith, 1846, Bombus hortorum (Linnaeus), Garden Bumblebee

Designations N/A

Abbreviation bohor

Authority (Linnaeus, 1761)

Group Insect - hymenopteran

Rank Species

Number Of Records 60

Number Of 10Km Squares 50

Number Of 50Km Squares 31

Oldest Record 01/01/1927

Newest Record 05/07/2001

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 8 January (recorded in 2012)

Phenology - latest record (across all datasets) 6 December (recorded in 2018)

Species Profiles

Citation Bees, Wasps, and Ants Recording Society (GB), Bee Records for Ireland (BWARS), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Small Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum), accessed 15 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/267/Species/56062

Species Detail - Small Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bee Records for Ireland (BWARS)".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

Species image

Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)