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A field cuckoo bumblebee taking nectar from kidney vetch flowers on the clifftop at Penally. Cuckoo bumblebees mimic nesting species, in this case the common carder bee, so they can get into the nests to lay their eggs to be raised by the hosts.
A tree bumblebee queen on apple blossom at Burton Mere Wetlands. I have seen these bees in the garden, but haven't as yet managed a photograph.
Another type of bumblebee, sometimes called the garden bumblebee, that I hadn't knowingly seen before, but this is likely due to my not looking! The characteristically long tongue can be seen in this shot.
Photographed on valerian flowers in the cottage garden at Minsmere Holidays.
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The garden Inulas have had quite a few of these male red-tailed bumblebees visiting recently and I've also seen the odd queen. So it must be time to start the next brood.
The hind-leg view shows the tibia to be hairy rather than a shiny pollen basket. That means this bee doesn't collect pollen showing it to be male or one of the cuckoo bee species. But this doesn't look like a cuckoo bee.
After my walk this morning I managed to find a few insects in the garden as it was warmer today
Bombus terrestris (I think) on one of my Helenium's put in because Muntjac deer do not like them
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DO NOT use my pictures without my written permission, these images are under copyright. Contact me if you want to buy or use them. CarloAlessioCozzolino© All rights reserved
DO NOT use my pictures without my written permission, these images are under copyright. Contact me if you want to buy or use them. CarloAlessioCozzolino© All rights reserved
An image of a sleeping Bombus sp. bumblebee from the last summer. This is one of the bees I don't encounter too often in the morning although they are seen almost daily during warm and sunny days.
46 natural light exposures made with Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 60mm f/2.8 Macro Lens, Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, focus step 2.
Bumblebee gathering nectar of lungwort flowers. Limousin, France.
Bourdon butinant des fleurs de pulmonaire. Limousin, France.
Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum ?)
Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia)
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