Dietmar Nill / Bumblebee flies from Lamium flower (Spotted deadnettle) Germany

Dietmar Nill / Bumble bees {Bombus terrestris} at nest in ground, Germany

Rod Williams / Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) feeding on geranium flower, London, UK, July

Andy Sands / Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris) flying to Poppy flower to gather pollen, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Nigel Bean / Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris) feeding on flowers of {Verbena bonariensis} UK, September

Simon Colmer / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) feeding on Salvia flower, UK

John Cancalosi / Bumble Bee {Bombus terrestris} gathering pollen and nectar from Purple Coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} UK

John Cancalosi / Bumble Bee {Bombus terrestris} gathering pollen and nectar from Purple Coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} UK

John Cancalosi / Bumblebee {Bombus terrestris} gathering pollen and nectar from Purple Coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} UK

John Cancalosi / Bumblebee {Bombus terrestris} gathering pollen and nectar from Purple Coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} UK

John Cancalosi / Bumblebee {Bombus terrestris} gathering pollen and nectar from Globe thistle {Echinops ritro} UK

Dietmar Nill / Buff tailed bumble bees {Bombus terrestris} in nest on ground, Germany

Graham Eaton / Bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) flying to flower with full pollen sacs, UK, 2007

Dietmar Nill / Bumble bee {Bombus terrestris} flying to flower, Germany

PREMAPHOTOS / Buff-tailed bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) worker with well-filled pollen sacs foraging on Tall Tutsan flower (Hypericum x inodorum) UK

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) UK

Ross Hoddinott / Crab spider (Xysticus cristatus) on Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) with bumble bee (Bombus terrestris). Dunsdon nature reserve, Devon, UK

John B Free / Bumble bee (Bombus terrestris) queen on rhododendron flower, UK

Dietmar Nill / Bumble bees Bombus terrestris} worker bees exposed in nest tending to colony, Germany

Dietmar Nill / Bumble bee eggs, Germany

Premaphotos / Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) worker, with well filled pollen sacs, foraging on Tall Tutsan flower (Hypericum x inodorum), UK