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Garden Bumblebee
Chocky

Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)

This is a queen and you can tel the difference between this and the buff-tail by the length of the head about 15 mm (0.59 in), and in some cases even 20 mm (0.79 in).
It also has the longest tongue of all bumblebees and often keeps it out whilst flying from flower to flower
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Habitat
gardens Parks
Location
Devon UK
Date taken
September 2017
Scientific name
Bombus hortorum
Equipment used
Nikon D7200 Camera. Nikon 55-300mm VR F4.5-5.6G ED AF-S DX NIKKOR SWM
Chocky
Thank you KC and Ove |=)|

Yes I hope it wasn't boring. I do so find bees and wasps intriguing
 

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