Bee identification, please, anyone?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:38 am

Another rescuee from the pond after drying him/her out..........quite bushy and not one I've seen before.
Can anyone help with identification, please? Location was UK south coast area.

Pete

MarkSturtevant · Post by **MarkSturtevant** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 8:48 am

I would need to see more of the top of the body to make a guess. But several species are shown here: http://www.wildlifeinsight.com/gallerie ... tish-bees/

AlxndrBrg · Post by **AlxndrBrg** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 9:39 am

it's a bumble bee, Bombus sp., I would say Bombus hypnorum, was the abdomen tipped with white hairs?

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 3:46 pm

Yes but scanty.....not as obvious as a standard whitetail.

Pete

MarkSturtevant · Post by **MarkSturtevant** » Tue Feb 04, 2020 7:53 pm

It has a generally deep yellow fur on the thorax, and so candidates with a lot of black on their thorax are eliminated.
Possibly Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum),
Tawny Mining-bee (Andrena fulva)
Tree bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum).

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Wed Feb 05, 2020 2:48 am

Thanks for your help.....I'm going with Bombus Hypnorum.
It's probably just a variation with a less obvious white tail.

Pete