Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) - Detail

General
Species Profile

Species Detail - Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) - 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 pratorum

Common Name Early Bumblebee

Taxon Version Key NHMSYS0000875578 RecommendedWell-formed

Synonyms Bombus (Pyrobombus) pratorum (Linnaeus, 1761), Bombus burrellana [Genus inferred] (Kirby, 1802), Bombus donovanella [Genus inferred] (Kirby, 1802), Bombus pratorum (Linnaeus), Bombus subinterrupta [Genus inferred] (Kirby, 1802), Early Bumble Bee

Designations N/A

Abbreviation bopra

Authority (Linnaeus, 1761)

Group Insect - hymenopteran

Rank Species

Number Of Records 9754

Number Of 10Km Squares 615

Number Of 50Km Squares 124

Oldest Record 22/06/1947

Newest Record 25/09/2025

Phenology - earliest record (across all datasets) 1 January (recorded in 2019)

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, Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum), accessed 15 December 2025, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/5/Species/56078

Species Detail - Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) - 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)