Bumble Bees

Studies on Scandinavian Bumble Beeswooded passes at approximately 63" 30' N:(1) A southern range occupying most of SouthernNorway and from 61" N northwards also theadjacent border area of Sweden, the isolatedmountains in Dalarne being included. (As to thelocation of counties mentioned in the text, videFigs. 97-99.) The watershed divide is situatedrather far west. The range consequently slopesmuch more gradually towards east than towardswest, where the mountains reach the coast fromwhere the fjords with very steep sides cut moreor less far into the country. (2) A northern rangeextending in varying width along the Norwegian-Swedish border, r,vith a shift of maximum elevationinto Sweden between 67o and 68o 30' N, andfurther north continuing to the northern coast ofNorway. The heights of the ranges, being 900-1200 m with peaks rising to a maximum altitudeof 2468 m in the mountainous massif of Jotunheimenin Southern Norway, are in general loweron going north.Norway is a pronounced mountainous country.3 ' r t ' ' r yt5 23.-- l '| \\ r\ rt'f-i.^-^ \. r?-\ - \\ltI,\t rii\ \ r\ tr+'$I--J-7TT-.v''< $ao( lIlII\\i \ \\\\\-\\\\bFig. l. The mean annual precipitation in Fennoscandia. Black area : > 2000 mm. (From Lindroth 1949,p. a86.)-iF+