Thur/Fri
Very sunny, a bit breezy, occasional showers during week.
In our garden working on white clover in our grass.
Off-white tail, with orange-yellow bands one high on thorax, other high on abdomen.
Buff-tailed bumblebee.
Bombus terrestris.
Very big bee on flowers under Ash tree.
She is clambering around on the flowers just flying on occasion.
White tail and yellow bands one high on thorax, other high on abdomen.
?Queen? probably ? Bombus lucorum. (or Bombus magnus or Bombus cryptarum)
Also smaller regular honey bees on these flowers.
And a smaller bumblebee.
Bombus lucorum. maybe (Bombus lucorum/Bombus terrestris workers cannot be reliably distinguished by sight).
Sunday, quite windy, showery, patches of sun.
Garden in Limerick on long funnel shaped pink/deep pink flowers.
Also on some other flowers.
Off-white or ? ginger or yellow faded tailed?
"Take care not to confuse Bombus muscorum(blond tail) & B. pascuorum(ginger tail), both of
which have an entirely ginger thorax"
B muscorum, large carder bee, widespread but not common.
B pascuorum, common carder bee, "probably the most common bumblebee you will see".
So they probably are the common carder bee.
Monday
rain showers over night
very windy
no sign of bees.
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