First bumblebee of the year reported!
The cold snap over and suddenly, a report of a bumblebee flying along near Edinburgh Zoo at 14:30 on Sunday 17th January, from David Adamson. The expectation is that this was a queen buff-tailed bumblebee. I have seen this species in early February near Stirling, but this is a remarkable record. Could the cold spell have influenced this queen's emergence in some way? David's sighting encouraged me to look at the winter heathers on the university campus in the sunshine at lunchtime. There were some flowers, but not too surprisingly, no bees.
posted by Bob Dawson at
09:11
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Hello, we saw 1 (maybe 2) small bumbles on 02 Jan a.m. at the Lister and Langmore Gardens in a sunny Lyme Regis. There was a lot of rosemary still flowering in the south facing gardens - it was heart-warming all-round! Cheers, Louise Lister
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Anonymous, At
27 January 2010 16:29
Excellent news! Winter activity of bumblebees in the south has been increasing, and has been a survey in its own right over the past two years.
Bob
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Bob Dawson, At
28 January 2010 09:22
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