Seems to be one of the few bumblebees in Britain which nests in tit boxes up trees, rather than on the ground. Common carder bee BOMBUS PASCUORUM Few people would recognise it as a bumblebee owing ...

Jessica leaves perennials intact for overwintering insects and allows wool carder bees to steal lamb ... “Seventy percent of bee species nest in the ground,” Phyllis says.

"Bumblebee nests are hard to find ... One of the reasons for the decline in the common carder-bee could be that its favourite flowers are disappearing. The long-tongued bees favour plants like ...

I did as advised and let my dandelions grow during May and was rewarded by a visit from this large bumblebee. Which species ...

They are called wool carder bees because they collect plant fibers and “comb” them into the lining of their nests. Halictus rubicundus female on Achillea millefolium – A female orange-legged furrow ...

The short-haired bee disappeared from our shores in the 1980s and RSPB Dungeness reserve in Kent started a mission to reintroduce it. After two releases of queen bees at the site experts have now ...

Wool-carder bees get their name from the nest building behavior of the female bees. Females collect plant hairs, called trichomes, by cutting them with their mandibles. The up-and-down motion they ...

The strategy proposes helping the hazel dormouse thrive by providing nest boxes Several species ... habitat to support the rare red-shanked carder bee. Dr Richard Cormont, from the Bumblebee ...

Summer might be coming to an end but there is still an abundance of insect activity as species prepare for winter and make the most of late-flowering plants. I met Benny Hawksbee, an urban ...