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Bombus pascuorum
"Bombus pascuorum, the Common Carder-bee, is a species of bumblebee belonging to the family Apidae subfamily Apinae tribus Bombini."
"They are present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, road, field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges."
This cannot be Apis mellifera. Apis mellifera is characterized by hairy eyeballs, of which the specimen you found does not have.
Spotted on May 12, 2012
Submitted on Jul 14, 2012
