Five facts about the Common carder bumblebee: 🎱 One of the Big Eight common and widespread UK bumblebees. 📍 Found in most habitats, including gardens, parks, and the wider countryside. 🌿 Nest on the ground, often in long grass or mossy vegetation. 👑💼🚹 Queens, workers and males have the same colour pattern. 🌷 Favourite plants include foxgloves, figworts, clovers, vetches and thistles. Are you starting to see more bumblebees now compared to previous weeks? 🎥 Helen King | Bumblebee Conserva

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It's turbo time for these little bumblebees ⏩🐝 🔊 What is this drill-like buzzing? This is the sound of a pollinator superpower that no other insect in the UK has: it is called buzz pollination. Bumblebees vibrate their flight muscles to release pollen that is difficult to reach – and can’t be reached by most insects. 🛡️ Why do some plants make their pollen difficult to reach? Plants produce pollen to fertilise flowers and create seeds to make new plants. This requires A LOT of energy. Some pl

87K views · 2K reactions | Different bumblebee species like to nest in different places, including long, tangled grass, bird boxes, and underground in abandoned rodent holes  They can even nest in more creative places, like under the edge of a pond, as shown here. What is the most interesting place you have found a bumblebee nest?  Sound up for that happy bumblebee hum!  Jade Oliver | Bumblebee Conservation Trust | Facebook

7.5K views · 239 reactions | Eight species of bumblebee in the UK are on the brink of extinction  Two of our most threatened species – the Great Yellow bumblebee and the Moss carder bumblebee – need urgent action, before it’s too late  Please, sponsor a species today using the link in the comments 李 | Bumblebee Conservation Trust | Facebook