Passionate about Gardens and Flower Photography
The female red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) is a very large, black bumblebee with a big red ‘tail’. It is a social bee, nesting in old burrows, or under stones and can be found in gardens, farmland, woodland edges, hedgerows and heathland: anywhere there are flowers to feed on. This was spotted on some Asters (if I can still call them that) in one of the walled terraces on St Michael’s Mount last week.
I have lived in the UK for most of my life, but when young I definitely had wanderlust and even ended up living in South Africa for several years which was a wonderful experience. I now look forward to a long and leisurely retirement doing what I like most - gardening, photography, walking and travelling. View more posts
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Much nicer with fewer legs!
Beautiful shot, hon 🙂 🙂
I took about a dozen photos of it trying to catch the red tail. It was moving awfully fast!
‘Does my bum look beautiful in this?’ Fetching rusty tones on mauve 🙂
Looks different to the bees I normally see.
There are so many bees!
Took me a few moments to work out which way up it was! What a fabulous bee.
Bum up!
Best way to be if a bee!
Gorgeous. A very busy bee.
It certainly was!
So pretty bee! Beautiful photo! 😊
Wow, I have never seen a bee with a red tail before. Either that, I have always been running away from them with no time to admire them.
This is such a beautiful picture!!
Glad that you like it. Bees are so fascinating to watch.
Very nice picture!
Thanks Natasha.