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Buff-tailed bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

名字的由來： The name comes from the buff-white tip of the abdomen, which looks like a tail.1

無害對人無害。不用擔心。

蜜蜂、胡蜂和虎頭蜂

螫吃：植物

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

The buff-tailed bumblebee is a fuzzy, striped bee and one of the most common bumblebees in Europe. It lives in colonies and is one of the main bees used to pollinate greenhouse crops. It can also be found in many places outside its home range, where it has spread after escaping from greenhouses.1

分布在

Most of Europe, the Near East, Mediterranean islands and Northern Africa. Introduced to Japan, Chile, Argentina and Tasmania.1

歐洲, 非洲, 亞洲

首頁

Temperate climates. Nests are usually underground, often in abandoned rodent dens. It is also common in greenhouses, where it is used for pollination.1

長度

1,1 cm 到 2,2 cm (0,4 in 到 0,9 in)1

體重

68 mg 到 754 mg (0 oz 到 0 oz)1

最高速度

大約 27 km/h（17 mph）

飛行, 粗略估計

牠吃什麼？

It feeds on nectar and pollen from flowers. Workers learn which flower colours give the most food, so they can forage efficiently.1

Buff-tailed bumblebee 的照片 — Buff-tailed bumblebee。照片：Marco Almbauer。 CC0, Wikimedia Commons.

怎麼認出牠

Workers have white-ended abdomens.1
The queen has a buff-white abdomen tip, which gives the bee its name.1
Yellowish bands that are darker than those of the white-tailed bumblebee when the two are compared side by side.1
Queens are 20 to 22 mm long, males 14 to 16 mm and workers 11 to 17 mm.1

常被誤認為： The white-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum), a close relative, looks almost identical. When the two are compared side by side, the yellowish bands of the buff-tailed bumblebee look darker.1

毒液力量

螫

毒液從螫針出來。

牠對人有多危險？

對人的危險: 輕微跟蜜蜂螫差不多或更輕微。對人基本上無害。

牠害怕時會做什麼？

Workers defend the colony.1

如果牠螫人

把蜜蜂的螫針刮掉，然後冷敷患處。
如果傷者呼吸困難、臉部或喉嚨腫脹，或覺得快要昏倒，這就是過敏急症：打緊急電話，如果傷者有腎上腺素自動注射筆，就使用它。

一定要先打緊急電話（112、000、911）。這是一般急救指引，不是醫療建議。急救基本知識

注意安全

絕對不要碰、抓或捉弄野生動物，就算是很小的動物，就算牠看起來在睡覺或已經死了也一樣。
給牠空間。如果遇到了，保持冷靜，慢慢往後退，讓牠自己離開。
如果被牠螫了：保持冷靜，保持不動，打緊急電話（112、000、911）或趕快去醫院。記住牠的樣子，有照片會很有幫助。

牠不是想來抓你。牠用毒液來捕捉食物或保護自己，而且牠更想躲起來。更多安全知識

在世界上的哪裡？

非洲亞洲歐洲北美洲南美洲澳洲與大洋洲

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多重？

跟 1 根迴紋針一樣重

大約跟一根迴紋針一樣長輕到放在手上你也感覺不到可以在 14 秒內飛過一整座足球場

Buff-tailed bumblebee 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡做算術。什麼都不會儲存，也不會傳送到任何地方。

牠有多快？

一隻家蠅 大約 7 km/h (4,4 mph)

Buff-tailed bumblebee 大約 27 km/h (17 mph)

一個正在衝刺的人 大約 37 km/h (23 mph)

值得知道

小知識

Worker bees vary unusually widely in size, with thorax lengths from 2.3 to 6.9 mm. This is unusual among bees.1

It has escaped from captivity and is now considered an invasive species in places such as Japan, Chile, Argentina and Tasmania.1

It is one of the main species used for greenhouse pollination, which is why it is found in many countries where it is not native.1

The queen usually mates with only one male, unlike many social insects.1

The colony works as a team. It has three social castes, with the queen laying eggs, workers foraging and defending the nest, and males leaving to find mates.1

給毒液專家

學名: Bombus terrestris
類群: 蜜蜂、胡蜂和虎頭蜂
家人: Apidae2
排序: Hymenoptera
各大洲: 歐洲, 非洲, 亞洲
寶寶: The queen lays eggs in spring in comb-like egg cells, each holding several eggs. Colonies produce 300 to 400 bees on average.1
對人的危險: 1 / 5: 輕微3