Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) collecting nectar from Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale) in the Vatican garden, Rome, Italy, March 2010

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) collecting nectar from Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale) in the Vatican garden, Rome, Italy, March 2010

Stephen Dalton / Common white tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) in flight approaching foxgloves. Summer, UK

Stephen Dalton / Common white tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) in flight. Summer, UK

Konrad Wothe / White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) collecting pollen on flower, Germany

David Tipling / 2020VISION / White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) feeding at Honeysuckle flower (Lonicera sp), Holme Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK, June

Stephen Dalton / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) flying to Geranium flower, UK

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) feeding on Yellow tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) flower in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) feeding on Yellow tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) flower in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) feeding on Yellow tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) flower in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / Queen White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) feeding on Yellow tree peony (Paeonia ludlowii) flower in garden, with house in the background, Wiltshire, England, UK, April . Property released.

Nick Upton / 2020VISION / White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) nectar feeding in garden, Wiltshire, England, UK, September . Property released.

Nick Upton / Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) foraging on Wild Angelica (Angelica sylvestris) flowering on river bank. Wiltshire, UK, June.

Kim Taylor / Common White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus leucorum / lucorum) foraging on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium). Surrey, UK, June.

Kim Taylor / Common White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus leucorum / lucorum) foraging on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium). Surrey, UK, June.

Kim Taylor / Common White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus leucorum / lucorum) foraging on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium). Surrey, UK, June.

Nick Upton / White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) heavily dusted with pollen, using long proboscis to take nectar from Himlayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) flower. Wiltshire pastureland, UK, October

Nick Upton / White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) queen infested with parasitic mites (Parasitellus fucorum) feeding on Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) flowerhead. Cornwall, UK, April.

Stephen Dalton / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) in flight, UK

Stephen Dalton / White tailed / Common carder bumblebee (Bombus agrorum) feeding from red Labiate flowers, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Geslin / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) collecting nectar from Dandelion flower (Taraxacum officinale) in the Vatican garden, Rome, Italy, March 2010

Stephen Dalton / White tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) at purple Foxglove flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / White tailed Bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) on Willowherb flower, UK

Stephen Dalton / White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) pollinating Foxglove (Digitalis sp) flower, England, UK

Stephen Dalton / White tailed bumble bee {Bombus lucorum} collecting pollen from Foxglove flowers (Digitalis sp), UK

Paul Hobson / White tailed bumble bee {Bombus lucorum} flying to flower of Himalayan Balsam {Impatiens glandulifera} time lapse, Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK

Paul Hobson / White tailed bumble bee {Bombus lucorum} flying to flower of Himalayan Balsam {Impatiens glandulifera} Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK

John Cancalosi / White-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum) gathering pollen and nectar from Bramble flowers, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Hover fly {Volucella bombylans} on Dog rose flower, UK Note - a white-tailed bumble bee mimic

PREMAPHOTOS / White tailed bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) queen infested with phoretic deutonymphs of the mite {Parasitellus fucorum} UK

Kim Taylor / Bumble bee {Bombus sp.}, either buff-tailed or white-tailed bumblebee worker 'robbing' Comfrey flower. Nectar robbing bees use their mandibles to chew a hole in the base of the flower and then lap up...

Kim Taylor / White-tailed Bumblebees (Bombus lucorum) at Spear Thistle. UK. Digital composite

Kim Taylor / Common white-tailed bumblebee flies to flower {Bombus lucorum} UK

John B Free / White-tailed bumblebee tending larvae {Bombus lucorum} England, UK

Jason Smalley / White-tailed bumblebee feeding at bramble flower {Bombus lucorum} Lancs, England, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / White tailed bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) flying to collect nectar from Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) UK

PREMAPHOTOS / White tailed bumble bee queen (Bombus lucorum) with parasites - phoretic deutonymphs of mite (Parasitellus fucorum)

Konrad Wothe / White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) collecting pollen on flower, Germany

Premaphotos / Bumble bee plume-horn, a hover fly (Volucella bombylans), mating pair of white tailed bumble bee mimics, UK

Premaphotos / Bumble bee plume-horn, a hover fly (Volucella bombylans), a white-tailed bumble bee mimic with its model a White tailed bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) on the left, on Musk thistle UK

Premaphotos / Bumble bee plume-horn, a hover fly (Volucella bombylans) mimics a White-tailed bumble bee, UK

Premaphotos / White tailed bumble bee (Bombus lucorum) queen bee with phoretic deutonymphs of the mite {Parasitellus fucorum} UK

Premaphotos / Bumble bee plume-horn, a hover fly (Volucella bombylans) mimicking a White-tailed bumble bee, UK

Premaphotos / White-tailed bumble bee queen (Bombus lucorum) with phoretic Mite deutonymphs (Parasitellus fucorum) UK