"Brown-banded carder bees – Where are you?"

In an online Blog article, Steve Gunn, a volunteer at the Gaia Trust's Home Farm Marsh property in Devon tells the Bumblebee Conservation Trust about his fascination for bumblebees and his search for the elusive Brown Banded and Moss Carder bees.

"Whilst the walks identified that HFM has some great habitat for bumblebees, in particular the western and eastern flood banks, there has been no sign of the Brown banded or Moss carders. On the plus side however the walks over the last three years have recorded significant numbers of the Red-tailed and White-tailed bumblebee and Common carder bees, together with a Barbut’s cuckoo bumblebee, which had not been recorded in North Devon for a number of years."

Photo: Red Tailed Bumblebee queen May 2020 - Rupert Hawley

Full link to the blog article here