The apple humble-bee or apple bumblebee (Bombus pomorum) is a species of bumblebee.
This bumblebee is black with a red tail, an oblong head, and a long proboscis. The male has pale hairs on the collar, scutellum, and first tergite (abdominal segment).[1] The queen has a body length between 20mm22mm, the worker around 14mm, and the male 15mm.[2]
The apple humble-bee is found in western and central Europe and western Turkey, from northern France to the Perm region in Russia, but it is declining and once had a much wider distribution.[3] It was once present in the United Kingdom and was found once in Kent recently, but it is doubtful it is still established there.
This species is mainly found in wood-edges and open fields. The Turkish subspecies B. p. canus, however, lives on more or less alpine steppes at altitudes between 1600mand3500mm (5,200feetand11,500feetm).[4]