Bee
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| May 10 2021 |
May 10 2021*
A large red-tailed cuckoo bumblebee, with a big subquadrate head. Like all cuckoo bumblebees, this species does not collect pollen to feed offspring, but instead takes over nests of the Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius). Widespread but not particularly abundant across the south of the UK, the species has been increasing in abundance and spreading northwards in recent years.
(Bumblebee Conservation Trust)
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