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title: "Tree Bumble Bee"
description: "Bombus hypnorum — Insects & spiders. The tree bumblebee or new garden bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) is a species of bumblebee common [on] the European continent and parts of Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/tree-bumble-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tree Bumble Bee

> Bombus hypnorum — Insects & spiders. The tree bumblebee or new garden bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) is a species of bumblebee common [on] the European continent and parts of Asia.

- Scientific name: *Bombus hypnorum*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 27203
- Wikidata: [Q811585](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q811585)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61803](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61803)

## Names

- en: Tree Bumble Bee
- de: Baumhummel
- fr: Bourdon des arbres
- nl: Boomhommel
- pl: Trzmiel drzewny

## Countries with the most observations

GB (7515), RU (3056), DE (2782), DK (1768), FI (1685), AT (1063), PL (762), SE (652), FR (649), NL (585), NO (444), BE (372)

## Summary

The tree bumblebee or new garden bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum) is a species of bumblebee common [on] the European continent and parts of Asia. Since the start of the twenty-first century, it has spread to Great Britain and Ireland. These bumblebees prefer habitats that others do not, allowing them to pollinate flowers in areas that many other species do not get to.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombus_hypnorum

## Photo

![Tree Bumble Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/tree-bumble-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Morten DD Hansen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61803

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/tree-bumble-bee?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).