Phil Savoie / Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), visiting Clover (Trifolium) flower, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.

Phil Savoie / Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) male flying to Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), Monmouthshire, Wales UK, August. May

Phil Savoie / Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) male feeding on Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July.

Phil Savoie / Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) feeding from Biting stonecrop (Sedum acre) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.

Heather Angel / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) picking up pollen strings in Large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana). Flowers remains open on cool mornings allowing diurnal species to nectar....

Roger Powell / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) feeding on nectar from a thistle flower. Druridge Bay, Northumberland, England, UK, July.

Phil Savoie / Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) visiting Clover (Trifolium) flower in unmown lawn, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. June.

Phil Savoie / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) visiting Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Phil Savoie / Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) feeding on Chive (Allium schoenoprasum), Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, June.

Phil Savoie / Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) queen looking for nesting site, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK, April.

Phil Savoie / Red tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) queen feeding on White clover (Trifolium repens) flowers, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. July.

Phil Savoie / Red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) flying to Oilseed rape / Rapeseed (Brassica napus) flowers, UK, April.