Joe Parrilla
Common Carder Bee
The common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) is a species of bumblebee present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges. It is similar in appearance to Bombus muscorum, and is replacing the species in Northern Britain.
The common carder bee is polyectic, feeding on a variety wild flowers, including nettles, genuine motherwort, Himalayan balsam, cabbage thistle, knapweed, vetches, red and white clover, monkshood, fruit trees, etc.
Common Carder Bee
The common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) is a species of bumblebee present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges. It is similar in appearance to Bombus muscorum, and is replacing the species in Northern Britain.
The common carder bee is polyectic, feeding on a variety wild flowers, including nettles, genuine motherwort, Himalayan balsam, cabbage thistle, knapweed, vetches, red and white clover, monkshood, fruit trees, etc.