Buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris

Features

It is the largest and most widespread European species of bumblebee. This type of bumblebee is most commonly used to pollinate plants in greenhouses, making it artificially spread almost all over the world.

Species	Insect
Living space	Meadow, Treeline
Size	20-22 mm (queen); 11-17 mm (males, workers)

Description

B. terrestris are pollen-storing bees that generally feed and forage on nectar and pollen. The queen is between 20 and 22 mm long, males range from 14 to 16 mm, and workers from 11 to 17 mm. Workers have white-ended abdomens, and look just like workers of the white-tailed bumblebee. The queens of B. terrestris have the namesake buff-white abdomen tip ("tail"). B. terrestris is unique compared to other bees in that their caste of workers exhibit a wide variation in worker size, with thorax sizes ranging from 2.3 to 6.9 mm in length and masses ranging from 68 to 754 mg.