Bumblebees

Posted by Wildwood on Mar 13, 2014 in 2014, Bee, Bombus campestris, Bumblebee, Insects, March, Provisional identification, Spring | 0 comments

Probably Buff-tailed bumblebees, Bombus terrestris, spotted near each other while trying to burrow on the east ride.

Thanks to help with identification via Twitter from Wildlife Sightings, Bristol Natural History Consortium, Bumblebee Conservation Trust,  naturalist and entomologist Richard Comont and Simon Merrifield.

Pictures taken March 11.