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 10. Bombus hortorum (Linnaeus, 1761) Material: Talysh, Mt. Nydis-galasi 12.06.1936 , , leg. Bogachev. Distribution: Palaearctic species. Widely distributed in the north part of Eurasia from western Europe to the Far east, from forest-tundra zone to Transcaucasia, the mountains of Central Asia and northern Mongolia ( Panfilov 1957 ). Remarks: In Azerbaijan it is found in foothill steppes and gardens, low mountain open oak-ash forests, montane deforested areas, covered by meadow vegetation, and mountain steppes in The Lesser Caucasus ( Aliev 1984 ). In Talysh occurs in mountain steppes up to 2000 m . Nest underground. Food plants: Astragalus sp.