Bombus pascuorum

I don't usually shoot bees etc. but this one was sitting so still that it just asked for it ... tentative ID by self based on PDF key for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Christine Young

Lion

I like to shoot them before they wake up in the morning for the same reason...They are just there, asking for it ;) Posted 5 years ago
1. Pudding4brains
  
  Lion
  
  Ahw yes ... ehrmmm ... mornings ... :-/ .... lucky me this one was bathing in an afternoon sun on a relatively chilly autumn day :o) Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    Lucky you! ;P Posted 5 years ago

Patomarazul

Lion

Why not? I love pics of bees! :-) Posted 5 years ago

The Common Carder Bee

"Bombus pascuorum", the common carder bee, is a species of bumblebee present in most of Europe in a wide variety of habitats such as meadows, pastures, waste ground, ditches and embankments, roads, and field margins, as well as gardens and parks in urban areas and forests and forest edges.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants

Species identified by Pudding4brains