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title: "Akkerhommel"
description: "Bombus pascuorum — Insecten en spinnen. Bombus pascuorum, the common carder bee, is a species of bumblebee present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-carder-bumble-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Akkerhommel

> Bombus pascuorum — Insecten en spinnen. Bombus pascuorum, the common carder bee, is a species of bumblebee  present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges.

- Scientific name: *Bombus pascuorum*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `grassland` (Weiden en velden), `urban` (Steden en tuinen), `farm` (Boerderij)
- iNaturalist observations: 110527
- Wikidata: [Q267532](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267532)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55637](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55637)

## Names

- en: Common Carder Bumble Bee
- de: Ackerhummel
- es: Abejorro de campo
- fr: Bourdon des champs
- nl: Akkerhommel
- pl: Trzmiel rudy

## Countries with the most observations

GB (20284), DE (16450), RU (6366), FR (5979), AT (4646), IT (4042), PL (3625), DK (3264), NL (2983), BE (1544), ES (1522), FI (1492)

## Summary

Bombus pascuorum, the common carder bee, is a species of bumblebee  present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges. It is similar in appearance to Bombus muscorum, and is replacing that species in northern Britain.

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

## Photo

![Akkerhommel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-carder-bumble-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236994631

## Machine access

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