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How To Id. A Bumblebee.

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A wee bumblebeeThe National Bumblebee Nest Survey
Fancy donating some of your time to help advance our scientific knowledge of one of Britain's best known insects?

Bees on a flower

No need to be an expert ... just able to spot the bees in your garden!
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A magnifying glass shouldn't be necessary ... just print out an identification sheet to help categorise the different varieties of bumblebees.
Bee hives

If you've got bee hives in your garden, the counting process may cause headaches.

You may think one bumblebee looks pretty much the same as the next ... and you'd be right.

But there are very real differences and if you can spot them (with the help of an Identification Sheet), then the National Bumblebee Nest Survey听NEEDS YOU!!!



Disturbingly, the number of bumblebee species in Britain has been dropping over the past century, leaving only 6 commonly found varieties.

Experts want to know more about how many bees are out there, which varieties are thriving and, importantly, where all our bumblebees are nesting (eg. in shrubs, in flower beds, perhaps even in your bird nesting box).

That's where you come in. By taking some time to look around your garden and any other site in the countryside for bumblebees and their nests, you could help add to our greater knowledge of exactly what is happening to our ever-changing bee population.

You don't need to be an expert ... just have the time to do a bit of wandering around, counting and compiling of results.

Information on how to take part (as well as an identification sheet) can be found on

IMPORTANT:

Do NOT send your results to the Today programme. All the听details you'll need on how to go about taking part in the survey and how to lodge your results are available on

Stay tuned to Today and we'll bring you the results once the numbers have been crunched and analysed by the organisers of the survey (Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, in conjunction with the Universities of Newcastle and Southampton).

Just in case you've forgotten (though I'm sure you haven't), takes place between the 14th and 20th of June. An ideal time to听get counting, though any time听during June is fine.



You'll also be able to find out more in 大象传媒 Wildlife Magazine.

Happy counting ... just make sure you don't get TOO close.


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