1. Common Bumblebees include garden, buff-tailed, red-tailed, white-tailed and field Bumblebees.

2. We have bumblebees on the top.

3. A MONOGRAPH OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE BUMBLEBEES (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE; Bombinae)

4. Bumblebees also have more hair on their Abdomens than carpenter bees

5. 'Did you know that the U. S. Army is training bumblebees to sniff out explosives?'

6. Bumblebees are robust and hairy, often black with yellow or orange stripes

7. A Monograph of the Western Hemisphere Bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombinae) - Volume 102 Issue S65

8. Most aspects of the bumblebees' rule of departure from an inflorescence of Aconitum columbianum are qualitatively what would be expected if the bumblebees maximize their net rate of energy gain.

9. Bumblebees are familiar and much-loved insects that pollinate our crops and wildflowers

10. We have a vision for a world where Bumblebees are thriving and valued

11. Among the many insects carrying out this function are honeybees, bumblebees, flies, beetles, moths and butterflies.

12. All of our beautiful wild species of bees are at risk, including those tomato-pollinating bumblebees.

13. A monograph of the western hemisphere bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Apidae; Bombinae) by Herbert Edward Milliron, 1971, Entomological Society of Canada edition, in English

14. Botflies are large, it has stout bodies and are hairy flies that can be sometimes be associated with bumblebees

15. Estoup A, Scholl A, Pouvreau A, Solignac M (1995) Monoandry and polyandry in bumblebees (Hymenoptera—Bombinae) as evidenced by highly variable microsatellites

16. We are the only charity in the UK that is dedicated solely to the conservation of Bumblebees – saving the sound of summer!

17. Thanks to the introduction of bumblebees from England in the 19th century, clover fields now flourish in New Zealand, providing vital forage for the country’s livestock.

18. 'We find that bumblebees use colour cues to discriminate against flowers that lack conical cells - but only when flower surfaces are presented at steep angles, making them difficult to manipulate.

19. Viper’s Bugloss plant (Echium vulgare), also known as blueweed, is an attractive plant valued by many gardeners, especially those who want to attract honeybees, bumblebees and wildlife to the landscape

20. One of the latest blooming Beardtongues, it’s a nice companion to plant with earlier blooming varieties, such as Penstemon strictus and Penstemon eatonii, to keep the hummingbirds and bumblebees well-fed with nectar

21. Did you know that by identifying Bumblebee species you can help us to conserve them? You can do this by adding your Bumblebee sightings to the online wildlife recording survey iRecord, or by signing up for BeeWalk, our national monitoring scheme where you walk a short local transect once a month, recording the Bumblebees you see along the way.