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Help us caption this video 🐝 Spring 2026 arrives in just under two months. What are you most looking forward to this spring? 🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee 🎥 Helen King | Bumblebee Conservation Trust

It's turbo time for these little bumblebees ⏩🐝 🔊 What is this drill-like buzzing? This is the sound of a pollinator superpower that no other insect in the UK has: it is called buzz pollination. Bumblebees vibrate their flight muscles to release pollen that is difficult to reach – and can’t be reached by most insects. 🛡️ Why do some plants make their pollen difficult to reach? Plants produce pollen to fertilise flowers and create seeds to make new plants. This requires A LOT of energy. Some pl

A Bilberry bumblebee feeding on – you guessed it! – bilberry. Watch that fuzzy buzzy red bum go 🐝💨 A less common species, the Bilberry bumblebee is mainly found in the north and west of the country, across much of upland Wales, the north and west of England, and Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 How to identify a Bilberry bumblebee 🔎 🔴 Look for the large red tail extending over half the abdomen 🟡🟡 Two yellow bands at the front and back of the thorax. The second band is th