Could someone id this bee for me please

[MikeD]

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Can't find it in any of my books

 

[CWH]

Looking on a few charts, I think possibly Bombus Sylvestris???

 

[Popeye]

Bombus Sylvestris

Good call.............

 

[rb62]

Should have enroled on this

 

[Larrynwin]

It's a bumble bee of course

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[CWH]

@DBK any help please?

 

[DBK]

@DBK any help please?

I'm not sure it is Bombus Sylvestris as the white on the abdomen is different. Though sylvestris does have an interesting life style - takes over an existing nest of another species. http://www.bwars.com/bee/apidae/bombus-sylvestris

 

[DBK]

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Can't find it in any of my books

It might be a pale Bombus magnus: https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/sets/72157631520342410/

 

[DBK]

It might be a pale Bombus magnus: https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/sets/72157631520342410/

or this one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/sets/72157631522308509/
or this one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/63075200@N07/sets/72157631505906826/

All three are hard to tell apart apparently. The problem is these all have a yellow band where the one in the OP has a white band. It might just be a variation.

The best answer might be to register on this forum and post the image: http://www.bwars.com/forum

 

[Gooney]

I had a bees nest in my roof space, they were entering under a couple of tiles, the amount of bees entering were increasing almost daily, I read somewhere that they would probably be gone by September and wouldn't return so being as they were Bees I decided to leave them undisturbed. I went away for a week down in Devon and when I returned 24th June ( 2 weeks ago) they have completely disappeared, I was expecting to house them until September.?

Ps they looked the same as the ones in the photos above.

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[JJ]

"You can buzz but don't sting me..."

JJ

 

[chesterfield hooligan]

His name is Pete

 

[CWH]

I know I'm probably wrong, @DBK is usually right - he knows about bees, I don't - but I still like the sylvestris
http://www.bloomsforbees.co.uk/id-guide/forest-cuckoo-bee/

 

[JJ]

I know I'm probably wrong, @DBK is usually right - he knows about bees, I don't - but I still like the sylvestris
http://www.bloomsforbees.co.uk/id-guide/forest-cuckoo-bee/

Bloody typical...

The man doesn't have a wing to fly on...


JJ

 

[CWH]

Bloody typical...

The man doesn't have a wing to fly on...


JJ

... or a leg to stand on

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