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 16. Bombus lucorum (Linnaeus, 1761) Material: Az. SSR Lerik , Galabyn 23.07.1976 ,  leg. H. Aliev ; Lenkoran , Alekseevka 27.04.1936 , , leg. Bogachev. Distribution: Very widespread in Palaearctic: from West Europe to the Far East, from forest-tundra to Iran , mountains of Central Asia and Tibet ( Panfilov et al. 1961 , Aliev 1984 ). Remarks: Occurs in open forests, lowland and mountain meadows, partly in steppes ( Panfilov et al. 1961 ), foothill gardens, low mountain forests, montane decidous forests, subalpine meadows and azonal vegetation in low mountain landscape ( Aliev 1984 ). In Talysh it is found in gardens in lowlands and mountain steppes. Nest underground. Food plants: Trifolium repens , Cirsium falconeri , Pyrus communis , Malus domestica , Prunus domestica , P. spinosa , P. divaricata , Armeniaca vulgaris , Cerasus avium , Astragalus sp. , Salvia sp.