20th July 2009

Great news from Highland Council Ranger, Paul Castle, up on the north coast.  There was a worker Great Yellow Bumblebee at Farr Glebe (behind the Strathnaver Museum at Bettyhill).  We had heard of just one unconfirmed report of a queen there last year, at this usually reliable site.  Both Paul and I visited Farr Glebe in 2008 with no success.  Also this year, Paul has seen Great Yellow Bumblebee at Scarfskerry in Caithness, where again they were absent last year.