Nest hunting #bumblebee

Posted by on Mar 28, 2016 in 2016, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, March 2016

 

A Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, usually the first Bumblebee to emerge in the spring, diligently searching. (more…)

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Common Carder Bee #insects

Posted by on Aug 31, 2015 in 2015, August, Bee, Bumblebee, Common Carder Bee, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Common Carder, provisional identification, August 2015

 

Bombus pascuorum, provisional identification. (more…)

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

Posted by on Jul 30, 2015 in 2015, Bee, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Insects, July, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Bee, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, July 2015

 

A line from The Bumblebee by James Whitcomb Riley. (more…)

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Covered in pollen

Posted by on Jul 1, 2015 in 2015, Bee, Bombus sylvestris, Bumblebee, Insects, June, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bumblebee, Buff-tailed, provisional identification, June 2015

 

First recording of a Forest Cuckoo bumblebee, Bombus sylvestris. (more…)

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Tree bumblebee

Posted by on Jun 25, 2015 in 2015, Bombus hypnorum, Bumblebee, Flowers, Insects, June, Marsh Thistle, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Tree bumblebee, June 2015

 

Bombus hypnorum on Marsh Thistle, Cirsium palustre. (more…)

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Field Cuckoo Bumblebee

Posted by on Jun 5, 2015 in 2015, Bee, Bombus campestris, Bumblebee, May, Spring, Thistle | 0 comments

 

 

Bee, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, May 2015

 

Bombus campestris, not Bombus terrestris as I had provisionally identified, on thistle. (more…)

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Buff-tailed bumblebee

Posted by on Apr 14, 2015 in 2015, April, Bee, Bombus terrestris, Bumblebee, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Buff-tailed bumblebee, provisional identification, April 2015 2015

 

The sun was shining and the bees were much in evidence. (more…)

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Common Carder Bee feeding

Posted by on Sep 19, 2014 in 2014, Autumn, Bee, Bumblebee, Insects, Provisional identification, September | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bee, September 2014

 

Bombus pascuorum (provisional identification). (more…)

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Still working

Posted by on Sep 3, 2014 in 2014, August, Bee, Bumblebee, Insects, Provisional identification, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Insect, Bee, August 2014

 

Hard to tell at take-off but possibly a Tree Bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum, still gathering pollen. (more…)

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Busy Bee

Posted by on Aug 7, 2014 in 2014, Bee, Bombus campestris, Bumblebee, Insects, July, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Bee, Bombus terrestris, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Possibly a Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. (more…)

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Coming in to land

Posted by on Aug 4, 2014 in 2014, Bee, Bombus campestris, Bumblebee, Flowers, Insects, July, Provisional identification, St John's-wort, Summer | 0 comments

 

 

Bee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee, provisional identification, July 2014

 

Bumblebee, possibly a Buff-tail, Bombus terrestris, approaching Hypericum perforatum, St John’s-wort. (more…)

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Looking for a home

Posted by on Apr 23, 2014 in 2014, April, Bombus campestris, Bumblebee, Insects, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

 

 

Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris, provisional identification, April 2014

 

Probably a Buff-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus terrestris. (more…)

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