Shhh! This Buff-tailed bumblebee queen may have recently emerged from hibernation – so what is she doing here? 👑🎶 🔊 If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of the queen's wings vibrating together. She appears to be basking on the mossy bank as she is too cold to fly. 🌡️ On a cool, sunny day like this, a bumblebee can raise their body temperature by dislocating their wings and shivering their flight muscles to reach the snug 30°C they need to fly. This is the buzzing you can hear. 👋 Th

Help us caption this video 🐝 Spring 2026 arrives in just under two months. What are you most looking forward to this spring? 🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee 🎥 Helen King | Bumblebee Conservation Trust

It might not sound romantic, but nest surveillance has all the ingredients of a good love story: dancing, competing suitors, a long wait for true love to emerge. Every summer, this is what happens: 💃 Near the end of the nesting period, male Tree bumblebees will gather in a little dancing cloud outside a nest’s entrance. They are waiting for new queens to emerge. ☁️ The cloud size can range from 1 to 20 bumblebees – warm temperatures and sunshine increase the numbers. Males join and leave the cl

👑 Make your garden fit for a queen bee and build a bumblebee nest! Click here to download our FREE 'Make space for bumblebee nests' resource for step-by-step instructions! 🐝 http://ow.ly/reSI50HwJuj 🌧 Remember to put a few holes along the pipe’s underside – so any water getting in can leak away! | Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Homeless bumblebee queens are on a mission to find somewhere to nest - and they urgently need your help 🐝 | Bumblebee Conservation Trust