What are the small bumble bees that are feasting on the cotoneaster?
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What are the small bumble bees that are feasting on the cotoneaster?
This might help http://bumblebeeconservation.org/abo...mon-bumblebees
Our cotoneaster isn't in flower yet :( In fact the whole garden is way behind due to the cold weather.
Hopefully this link to the Caithness Biodiversity Group website will open a link to a PDF of Caithness bumblebees prepared by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust.If the bumblebees you are seeing are about the size of a pea or baked bean it's likely they are workers. Workers are similar marking to their much larger mother the Queen bumblebee and there must be a successful nest nearby.http://www.caithnessbiodiversity.org...ss-sutherland/