On the ecology of bumble bees of the Talysh Region, Azerbaijan (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Bombus) Author Aliev, Halid A. text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2005 2005-12-27 55 2 279 288 https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1628 journal article 10.21248/contrib.entomol.55.2.279-288 0005-805X 4779168 21. Bombus haematurus Kriechbaumer, 1870 Material: Qz. SSR, Lerik , Kalakhan 24.07.1976 , , leg. H. Aliev. Distribution: South Europe, Asia Minor , Central Asia (Kopetdag), Caucasus ( Skorikov 1938 , Reinig 1974 , Baker 1996 ). Remarks: In Azerbaijan occurs in foothill gardens and steppes, low montane steppe meadows and open forests, in glades of deciduous middle montane forests ( Aliev 1984 ). In Talysh it is found in montane steppe meadows at 1600 m a. s. l. Nest above the ground. Food plants: Astragalus sp.