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The common carder bee (Bombus pascuorum) shows off its long tongue for today’s photo. Our delightfully furry bee friend has stepped up to the nectar bar and selected a purple toadflax (Linaria ...

The common carder makes nests from moss on the ground. These can contain up to 200 bees at peak population, which are very much smaller than honeybee colonies. Sea pink flowers.

Four of the most common bumblebee species in the UK are the tree bumblebee, the red-tailed bumblebee, the white-tailed bumblebee, and the common carder bee. How do bees make honey?

For the third year in a row, I have found a beautiful queen moss/large carder bee in the polytunnel in my garden in mid-April. I understand that they are on the Red List of endangered bumblebee ...

A shrill carder bee has not been seen in the Romney Marsh area of the county for more than a decade, but conservationists say its presence is thanks to dedicated work in improving its habitat.

A shrill carder bee has not been seen in the Romney Marsh area of the county for more than a decade One of the UK’s rarest species of bumblebee has been spotted on a small holding in Kent ...