Bombus ruderarius
Bourdon rudéral
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pollinator
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Apidae
- Genus
- Bombus
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Hymenoptera | Apidae | Bombus
External: GBIF #1340394
1 AI-consensus-verified claim across 1 interaction category.
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parasitism 1 claim
- This entity is the object of parasitism by Bombus inexspectatus (Unexpected Bumblebee) · effect: harmful
“may be an obligate parasite of its close relative B. ruderarius”
parasiteOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGoulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 76 #6492452
Genus-level evidence
22 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Bombus sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Bombus ruderarius.
- parasitism · Psithyrus spp. → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“they enter the nest, kill the queen, and take over her role”
Goulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 12 #6492350 - parasitism · Sphaerularia bombi → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“Infected queens become increasingly sluggish and eventually die in spring or early summer”
Goulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 71 #6492419 - parasitism · Parasitellus spp. → Bombus spp. · effect: context_dependent
“up to 165 deutonymphs on a single B. lapidarius queen”
Goulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 72 #6492420 - parasitism · Locustacarus buchneri → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“L. buchneri is truly parasitic, feeding directly on the haemolymph of its host”
Goulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 72 #6492421 - parasitism · Conopidae (family) → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“leads to the death of the host bee about 10–12 days after infection”
Goulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 62 #6492422 - parasitism · Mutilla europaea → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“She invades bee nests and lays her eggs in the pupal cocoons”
Goulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 65 #6492423 - parasitism · Antherophagus nigricornis → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“beetle climbs onto a flower, hitches a ride to a nest”
Goulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 74 #6492449 - parasitism · Bombus (Psithyrus) spp. → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“In the genus Bombus, the subgenus Psithyrus is entirely parasitic”
- parasitism · Bombus (Psithyrus) spp. → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“In the social parasite Bombus (Psithyrus) the number ranges from 6 to 18”
- pest pressure · Apis mellifera → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“Impacts of non-native bees and commercial beekeeping”
Goulson D. (2010) · Bumblebees: Behaviour, Ecology, and Conservation (Second Edition) · p. 188 #6492351 - pest pressure · imidacloprid → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“neonicotinoid use negatively associated with bumble bee distributions”
Garibaldi L.A., et al. (2024) · Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States · p. 1 #6495193 - pest pressure · clothianidin → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“clothianidin negatively associated with wild bee occupancy”
Garibaldi L.A., et al. (2024) · Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States · p. 1 #6495194 - pest pressure · thiamethoxam → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“thiamethoxam negatively associated with bee distributions”
Garibaldi L.A., et al. (2024) · Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States · p. 1 #6495195 - pest pressure · pyrethroid (class) → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“pyrethroids negatively associated with bee distributions”
Garibaldi L.A., et al. (2024) · Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States · p. 1 #6495198 - pest pressure · Neonicotinoidea (class) → Bombus spp. · effect: harmful
“neonicotinoids impair bumblebee foraging and reproduction”
Garibaldi L.A., et al. (2024) · Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States #6495204 - pollination · Bombus spp. → Solanum lycopersicum · effect: beneficial
“other Bombus species that do the same job elsewhere”
- pollination · Bombus spp. → Solanum lycopersicum · effect: beneficial
“bumblebees buzz pollinate tomato flowers”
Garibaldi L.A., et al. (2024) · Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States #6495203 - pollination · Bombus spp. → Plantae · effect: harmful
“bumble bee ranges contracting at warm range margins under warming”
Halsch C.A., Shapiro A.M., Fordyce J.A., Nice C.C., Thorne J.H., Waetjen D.P., Forister M.L. (2021) · Insects and recent climate change #6495207 - pollination · Bombus spp. → Solanum lycopersicum · effect: beneficial
“Bumble bees are important pollinators of tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and melons”
Garibaldi L.A., et al. (2024) · Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States · p. 1327 #6495809 - pollination · Bombus spp. → Solanum melongena · effect: beneficial
“Bumble bees are important pollinators of tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and melons”
Garibaldi L.A., et al. (2024) · Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States · p. 1327 #6495810 - pollination · Bombus spp. → Capsicum annuum · effect: beneficial
“Bumble bees are important pollinators of tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and melons”
Garibaldi L.A., et al. (2024) · Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States · p. 1327 #6495811 - pollination · Bombus spp. → Cucumis melo · effect: beneficial
“Bumble bees are important pollinators of tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and melons”
Garibaldi L.A., et al. (2024) · Impact of pesticide use on wild bee distributions across the United States · p. 1327 #6495812
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
pollination 34
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium pratense Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium medium Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium repens Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Medicago sativa Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Sonchus oleraceus Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI pollinates Brassica napus Ignasi Bartomeus, Vesna Gagic, Riccardo Bommarco DOI
- GloBI pollinates Malus domestica Agustin Saez/CONICET (Universidad Nacional del Comahue) DOI
- GloBI pollinates Lotus corniculatus Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Taraxacum officinale Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI pollinates Mentha arvensis Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium hybridum Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI pollinates Fragaria x ananassa Georg Andersson (Lund University), Project MULTIFUNC DOI
- GloBI pollinates Brassica rapa Georg Andersson (Lund University), Project MULTIFUNC
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Trifolium pratense D. Goulson et al., 2005. Causes of rarity in bumblebees. Biological Conservation, 122. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2004.06.017 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Arctium lappa Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Medicago lupulina Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Lotus corniculatus Russo, Laura; Fitzpatrick, Una; Larkin, Michelle et al. (2022). Database of plant-flower visitor interactions from Ireland [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kwh70rz47. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/russo2022/archive/1bd53f013d878a3ebfdf1126e2708558973790f6.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI pollinates Origanum vulgare Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI pollinates Onobrychis viciifolia Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI pollinates Hypericum perforatum Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Taraxacum officinale R.F. Comont et al., 2019. Bumblebee Conservation Trust: BeeWalk Annual Report 2020. Bumblebee Conservation Trust, doi:10.15468/xde3qb DOI
- GloBI pollinates Vicia faba Johan Ekroos & Henrik Smith (Lund University)
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Astragalus cicer https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144949734
- GloBI eats Trifolium pratense https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122621499
- GloBI eats Trifolium repens https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122664341
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Vicia sativa https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284064414
- GloBI pollinates Vicia villosa Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI pollinates Anthyllis vulneraria Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Anthyllis vulneraria D. Goulson et al., 2005. Causes of rarity in bumblebees. Biological Conservation, 122. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2004.06.017 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Trifolium repens D. Goulson et al., 2005. Causes of rarity in bumblebees. Biological Conservation, 122. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2004.06.017 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Hypericum perforatum G.F. Scott-Elliot, 1896. The Flora of Dumfriesshire. Biodiversity Heritage, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.21626 DOI
- GloBI visits Lotus corniculatus General bee records
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Arctium lappa G.F. Scott-Elliot, 1896. The Flora of Dumfriesshire. Biodiversity Heritage, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.21626 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Medicago lupulina N. J. Balfour et al., 2015. Following the dance: Ground survey of flowers and flower-visiting insects in a summer foraging hotspot identified via honey bee waggle dance decoding. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 213. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2015.08.007 DOI
crop interaction 34
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium pratense Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium medium Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium repens Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Medicago sativa Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Sonchus oleraceus Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI pollinates Brassica napus Ignasi Bartomeus, Vesna Gagic, Riccardo Bommarco DOI
- GloBI pollinates Malus domestica Agustin Saez/CONICET (Universidad Nacional del Comahue) DOI
- GloBI pollinates Lotus corniculatus Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Taraxacum officinale Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI pollinates Mentha arvensis Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium hybridum Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI pollinates Fragaria x ananassa Georg Andersson (Lund University), Project MULTIFUNC DOI
- GloBI pollinates Brassica rapa Georg Andersson (Lund University), Project MULTIFUNC
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Trifolium pratense D. Goulson et al., 2005. Causes of rarity in bumblebees. Biological Conservation, 122. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2004.06.017 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Arctium lappa Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI pollinates Medicago lupulina Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Lotus corniculatus Russo, Laura; Fitzpatrick, Una; Larkin, Michelle et al. (2022). Database of plant-flower visitor interactions from Ireland [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kwh70rz47. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/russo2022/archive/1bd53f013d878a3ebfdf1126e2708558973790f6.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI pollinates Origanum vulgare Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI pollinates Onobrychis viciifolia Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI pollinates Hypericum perforatum Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Taraxacum officinale R.F. Comont et al., 2019. Bumblebee Conservation Trust: BeeWalk Annual Report 2020. Bumblebee Conservation Trust, doi:10.15468/xde3qb DOI
- GloBI pollinates Vicia faba Johan Ekroos & Henrik Smith (Lund University)
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Astragalus cicer https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/144949734
- GloBI eats Trifolium pratense https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122621499
- GloBI eats Trifolium repens https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122664341
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Vicia sativa https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/284064414
- GloBI pollinates Vicia villosa Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI pollinates Anthyllis vulneraria Balfour, N. J., Castellanos, M. C., Goulson, D., Philippides, A., & Johnson, C. (2022). DoPI: The Database of Pollinator Interactions. Ecology, 103(11), e3801. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3801 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Anthyllis vulneraria D. Goulson et al., 2005. Causes of rarity in bumblebees. Biological Conservation, 122. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2004.06.017 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Trifolium repens D. Goulson et al., 2005. Causes of rarity in bumblebees. Biological Conservation, 122. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2004.06.017 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Hypericum perforatum G.F. Scott-Elliot, 1896. The Flora of Dumfriesshire. Biodiversity Heritage, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.21626 DOI
- GloBI visits Lotus corniculatus General bee records
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Arctium lappa G.F. Scott-Elliot, 1896. The Flora of Dumfriesshire. Biodiversity Heritage, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.21626 DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Medicago lupulina N. J. Balfour et al., 2015. Following the dance: Ground survey of flowers and flower-visiting insects in a summer foraging hotspot identified via honey bee waggle dance decoding. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 213. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2015.08.007 DOI