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Shhh! This bumblebee queen is settling down to sleep – be careful not to disturb her! 👑💤 This Buff-tailed bumblebee queen is digging through the leaf litter to find a cosy spot for a winter snooze. Once their favourite flowers have gone to seed and died off, bumblebee queens emerge from their nests and look for somewhere safe to hibernate. Queen bumblebees will hibernate in a variety of places, including leaf litter, well-drained soil, hollow trees and inside tree bark 🍂 | Bumblebee Conservat

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A Bilberry bumblebee feeding on – you guessed it! – bilberry. Watch that fuzzy buzzy red bum go 🐝💨 A less common species, the Bilberry bumblebee is mainly found in the north and west of the country, across much of upland Wales, the north and west of England, and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 How to identify a Bilberry bumblebee 🔎 🔴 Look for the large red tail extending over half the abdomen 🟡🟡 Two yellow bands at the front and back of the thorax. The second band is th

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