Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Bumblebee Activity

15 April 2014  So far this year, I have seen  8 species of bumblebee in the garden.  Buff-tailed, white-tailed, red-tailed, tree, early, large garden, and common carder for the true bumblebees, and 1 cuckoo bumblebee - the Southern Cuckoo (Bombus vestalis)
Queen Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Queen Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)

Queen Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) carrying pollen

Southern Cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus vestalis)

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