Bumble bees are important pollinators, social bees with an annual life cycle, and use "buzz pollination". They are generalist foragers, and only make a small ...
Bumblebees are common native bees and important pollinators. They collect nectar and pollen, and queens generate workers. They have different tongue lengths ...
Nov 7, 2025 — Bumblebee, (genus Bombus), genus of over 250 species of large bees. Bumblebees occur over much of the world but are most common in temperate climates.
Bumblebees are large, yellow and black social insects that pollinate plants, live in colonies, and can sting more than once. They harvest nectar and pollen.
There are 24 different species of bumblebee in the UK. To make it easier to tell which bumblebee is which, they can be grouped according to their tail colour.
The garden bumblebee is a large, scruffy bee with a white tail, found in gardens and woodlands. It has a long tongue and yellow bands, and its tongue can be as ...
The garden bumblebee is a large, scruffy-looking bee, with a long tongue and face. It has yellow bands at the collar, rear of the thorax and at the first ...
Bumblebees are important pollinators using "buzz pollination", have 265 species, don't make honey, and have five eyes. They beat their wings 200 times per ...
The Early Bumblebee is the smallest British bumblebee, with an orange-red tail and two yellow bands. It is out early in the year, and is common in gardens.