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bumblebee 8_Penny Frith
John Hirst
cardoon (Cyanara cardunculus) Sarah Jenkins
Les Hebdon
  in the snow_Bob White.jpg - This Bombus terrestris is braving the cold of winter to visit mahonia - an increasingly common sight in the south of the UK. We don't yet know why this is happening for sure - perhaps climate change, perhaps introduced genes from continental bumblebees (which don't hibernate). by Bob White  
Peter Jackson
aphid_feeder_samantha_bailey
BBCT_WT_6_honeydew_feeding_peter_barber
bees in nester_norman_sellers
Bombus pratorum (almost)mating (queen has reduced abdomen band)no

This Bombus terrestris is braving the cold of winter to visit mahonia - an increasingly common sight in the south of the UK. We don't yet know why this is happening for sure - perhaps climate change, perhaps introduced genes from continental bumblebees (which don't hibernate). by Bob White
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