Small Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Small Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bees of Ireland".

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).

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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 6083

Number Of 10Km Squares 634

Number Of 50Km Squares 128

Oldest Record 01/01/1894

Newest Record 20/10/2025

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 Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Bees of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Small Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum), accessed 22 February 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/5/Species/56062

Species Detail - Small Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Bees of Ireland".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Marine Map - 50km

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Records per month (across all datasets)

Records per year (across all datasets)