Bees

✨ Two yellow bands, grey white tail, dark wings.

Mostly found in central and south England.

✨ A very big red tail. No yellow abdomen band.

Found on upland moorlands, mountains and grasslands.

✨ Black notch in middle of yellow abdomen band

Look for a peach trim to the tail

✨ Fluffy ginger bee with brown band.

Likes flower-rich meadows.

✨ Thick coat, 2 yellow stripes.

Loves lavender and thistles.

✨ Fluffy, ginger bee.

Can be seen flying around later in the year.

✨ Two yellow bands and red tail.

Very small, early emerging bumblebee.

✨ Three yellow stripes, white tail.

Long face and very long tongue - likes tubular flowers.

✨ Big, fluffy yellow bee.

✨ Thinner hair with visible chitin on thorax and abdomen.

Darker coloured bees with boxy head shape and dark wings.

✨ Small, fluffy bee with three yellow stripes.

Likes moorland and heathland

✨ Neat, short-haired pale-ginger bee.

Likes open grassland and the coastline.

✨ Black, red tail, red leg hairs.

✨ Velvety black bee with red tail.

✨ Big black bee, long body with orange/red tail, dark wings.

More common in south of England - moving northwards.

✨ A big velvety bee with neat yellow bands.

An all black bee is often a Ruderal.

✨ Very short hair, 'bald patch' on thorax - looks like a buzz cut gone wrong!

Currently extinct in UK.

✨ 'Washed-out' ginger bee with black thorax band.

High-pitched buzz.

✨ One yellow band, yellow trim to white tail.

Quite common in south of England

✨ Ginger thorax, white tail.

Likes brambles.

✨ Two pale-yellow bands, fully white tail, fluffy face.

Like flowery gardens and meadows.