Bumblebee Species Catalogue – Simple Version – A

How to identify the species of bumblebee according to this catalogue

You'll have a look at the bumblebee, or even better, take some photographs.

It is necessary for them to be see the following body parts:

• Head
• chest
• Bottom
• Wings
• If possible, a side view as well 

For identification purposes look at \[noun] step by step:

• Bottom and body colour
• on the main body colours (black / brown / …)
• for colours and number of coloured stripes

Find the relevant part of the catalogue  and continue your search within it – compare with your sample.

For some species, a number of colour variants occur, but find them in one group with the basic variant.
For completeness, we are also including bumblebees. However, we are keeping them in a separate group. Identifying them is not straightforward.

Helpful hints:

• If it is spring, you will first encounter queens, then workers, and only then bumblebee males in nature.
• First, the early species of bumblebees appear, followed by thermophilic and rarer species
• Only later will you encounter male bumblebees and cuckoo bumblebees.  
• Males are colourfully variable and often differ from females, therefore our catalogue is sorted by females and workers.
• You are more likely to encounter abundant and widespread species than rare ones, see Red Book 2017

This way you will get basic specificationI. It's approximate, but the accuracy is sufficient.