Bombus argillaceus Queen Bumblebee Bee Insect Hymenopterus Apidae

Bombus argillaceus cm 2.4-2.8 Queen Bumblebee Bee Insect Hymenopterus Apidae.
Common name:  Clay Bumble Bee.
Syn. Megabombus argillaceus, Apis argillacea.

Bombus argillaceus is a species of large Bumblebee of the subgenus Megabombus, distributed from southern and southeastern Europe to western Asia.
The queen has a body length of 24 to 28 mm (0.94 to 1.10 in) with a long proboscis, a very oblong head, and dark wings. Males and workers are smaller than the queen. The thorax is yellow with a broad black median band. The queen's abdomen is completely black, while the males and workers have the first tergite (abdominal segment) and the center of the second yellow, the central part black and the tail white, except the last tergite, which is black.
It lives in the mountains, usually at altitudes between 900 and 2,800 meters.
Its main food sources are the flowering plants of the Boraginaceae, Asteraceae, Lamiaceae and Fabaceae.