Ecology
The bumbebee is normally a highland species, often found on bilberry, cranberry and cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea). It is a pollen storer, that is actively feeding the larvae from a central pollen storage, rather than providing each larval cell with its own pollen container.
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