Bombus terrestris
Buff Tailed Bumblebee
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pollinator
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Bombus
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Hymenoptera | Apidae | Bombus
6 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Bombus terrestris.
parasitism
- This entity is the object of parasitism by Psithyrus spp. · effect: harmful
“Psithyrus female will lay eggs reared by bumblebee workers as their own”
parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGoulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 77 #6492450
pollination
- This entity is the subject of pollination on Borago officinalis (Borage) · effect: beneficial
“Sixty-three per cent of pollen foragers at colonies next to the borage field collected borage pollen”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGoulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 93 #6492453 - This entity is the subject of pollination on Papaver rhoeas (Common Poppy) · effect: beneficial
“black pollen was primarily poppy Papaver rhoeas L.”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGoulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 98 #6492454 - This entity is the subject of pollination on Rubus spp. · effect: beneficial
“grey pollen was primarily bramble Rubus spp.”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGoulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 98 #6492455 - This entity is the subject of pollination on Cytisus scoparius (Almindelig gyvel) · effect: beneficial
“only accessed by heavy insects such as bumblebees that depress the keel”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGoulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 82 #6492456 - This entity is the subject of pollination on Solanum lycopersicum (Garden Tomato) · effect: beneficial
“Bombus terrestris pollinates tomatoes in European greenhouses”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed