Ecology of Bumblebees and their Identification for Intermediates
An identification day covering all of Britain's bumblebee species
An identification day covering all of Britain's bumblebee species
There are around 250 species of solitary bee. Find out how to identify them and where to find them, and learn about their ecology.
What bee have you found? Read the best guide to identifying solitary bees that can be found in the UK. Here are a few you may have spotted!
Solitary bees are fantastic pollinators. Help them thrive in your garden by building them a nest box!
Learn about the biology and ecology of bumblebees, how to identify our most common species and practise your skills in the field
Steve Crellin will be leading this session, looking for the beautiful and busy solitary bees and wasps which favour the sandy banks by the Salt Marshes.
Unsurprisingly, the garden bumblebee can be found in the garden, buzzing around flowers like foxgloves, cowslips and red clover. It is quite a large, scruffy-looking bee, with a white tail. It…
This beautiful bumblebee favours upland areas, but has declined in recent decades and is now nationally scarce.
The Heath bumblebee is not only found on heathland, but also in gardens and parks. It nests in small colonies of less than 100 workers in all kinds of spots, such as old birds' nests, mossy…
One of our prettiest and smallest bumble bees, the early bumblebee has a bright orange tail and lemon-yellow bands on its body. It is very common and can be found in all kinds of habitats in early…
Living up to its name, the white-tailed bumblebee is black-and-yellow bee with a bright white 'tail'. A social bumble bee, it can be found nesting in gardens and woods, and on farmland…
The tree bumblebee is a new arrival to the UK. First recorded here in 2001, it is slowly spreading north. It prefers open woodland and garden habitats and can be found nesting in bird boxes and…