Searching for a nest #bees

Bumblebees.

Brimstone butterflies were on the wing and bumblebees hunting for nests.

Possibly a Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris.

Picture taken March 22.

#bees #bumblebees #nature #naturephotography #woods #insects #insect #insectphotography #bee

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Bumblebee #insect

Bumble Bee on Marsh Thistle.

Possibly a Common Carder Bee, Bombus pascuorum, on Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre.

Picture taken July 9.

#wildflowers #plants #nature #naturephotography #woods #bees #bumblebee #insect

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Early Bumblebee #insects

 

 

Insects, Early Bumblebee, provisional identification, May 2025

 

Bombus pratorum, provisional identification. (more…)

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Bumblebee #insects

 

 

Bumblebee, unidentified, August 2018

 

Hard to see the banding on this one. Possibly a Buff or White-tail. (more…)

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Hunting a nest site #bumblebees

 

 

Bumblebee, Buff-tailed, provisional identification, April 2018

 

Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. (more…)

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Common Carder Bee #insects

 

 

Insects, Common Carder Bee, provisional identification, July 2017

 

Bombus pascuorum, provisional identification. (more…)

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Tree Bumblebee #bees

 

 

Bees, Tree Bumblebee, provisional identification, June 2017

 

Bombus hypnorum. Provisional identification. (more…)

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‘You better not fool with a Bumblebee!’ #bees #bumblebees

 

 

Bumblebee, unidentified, March 2017

 

From The Bumblebee by James Whitcomb Riley. (more…)

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Common Carder Bee #Bumblebees

 
Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, provisional identification, March 2017

 

Bombus pascuorum. Provisional identification. (more…)

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Red-tailed bumblebee #bees

 

 

Insects, Red-tailed Bumblebee, provisional identification, July 2016

 

Bombus lapidarius, provisional identification. (more…)

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Buff-tail #bumblebees

 

 

Insects, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, provisional identification, July 2016

 

Bombus terrestris, provisional identification. (more…)

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The Vetch and the Bumblebee #insects #plants

 

 

Insect, Bee, Vetch, May 2016

 

Looks like a Tree Bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum, on Bush Vetch, Vicia sepium. (more…)

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