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7 species of garden bee

Garden bee



Bees are essential for the gardener to pollinate our flowers, fruits, and vegetables. However, many species are now declining due to combined attacks of habitat loss and pesticide use. Browse some of the common bee species that can visit your garden in our gallery and see what you can identify.


1 Red-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lapidarius



The red tail bumblebee is a common garden bumblebee that builds nests in holes in the floor and walls. Queens and maids have a black chest and abdomen, and a red 'tail'. Men also have a yellow stripe on the chest. They feed on a wide variety of flowers, including this echinacea, and they prefer yellow flowers.


2 Southern cuckoo bumblebee, Bombus vestalis



Cuckoo bumblebees occupy existing nests, kill the queen and take on the role of the new queen. Cuckoo bumblebees have darker wings and longer, sharper tails than regular bumblebees. The southern cuckoo bee, Bombus vestalis, occupies the nests of bumblebees with buffalo tails. It has a yellow stripe on the chest and two on the abdomen and a whitetail.


3 White-tailed bumblebee, Bombus lucorum



A bumblebee with a whitetail has a yellow stripe on the chest and another on the abdomen and a whitetail. With no pollen baskets and yellow facial hair on the legs, the male white-tailed bumblebees are incredibly fluffy, with the yellow band of the abdomen appearing to bleed into the chest. Here the Echinacea flower shares a male white-tailed bumblebee (top) and a female white-tailed bumblebee (below).

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4 Early bumblebee, Bombus pratorum



The early bumblebee is a small species that begin to build nests a few weeks earlier than other bumblebees. The queens and workers have a yellow stripe on the chest and another on the abdomen and an orange tail. For men, there is no such picture, yellow facial hair, and baskets of pollen.


5 Garden bumblebee, Bombus hortorum



The garden bumblebee is a large species with an incredibly long tongue. Often, when it lands on a flower, you can see it spreading its tongue, ready to search for nectar as if it were landing on an iris. It has two yellow bands on the chest and one on the abdomen, although the lower part of the chest and the upper part of the abdomen, at first glance, appear to be the same band.


6 Common carder bumblebee, Bombus pascuorum



The typical Carter bumblebee is black with hairs on the belly, and ginger brown throughout. It has a very long tongue, which helps to feed on flowers with long corollas like Fossil. The nests last a long time and often last until the first frost.


7 Honeybee, Apis mellifera


The bee is thinner than the bumblebees and often has a hairless, striped abdomen. Many subspecies are bred in the UK, ranging from almost black to bright orange. Although there are still wild colonies, most are raised in bees by beekeepers.

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