Finding a Different Queen - _TNY_2193
The gypsy's cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus bohemicus), here represented by two males, is like all cuckoo bumblebees, a parasitic species which sneak their eggs into the nests of other species and leave the upbringing to that queen.
These two have found another queen though - the flower on which they are feeding is known as the queen of the Alps (Eryngium alpinum) and sometimes as the alpine sea holly or alpine eryngo.
Finding a Different Queen - _TNY_2193
The gypsy's cuckoo bumblebee (Bombus bohemicus), here represented by two males, is like all cuckoo bumblebees, a parasitic species which sneak their eggs into the nests of other species and leave the upbringing to that queen.
These two have found another queen though - the flower on which they are feeding is known as the queen of the Alps (Eryngium alpinum) and sometimes as the alpine sea holly or alpine eryngo.