Yellow rattle is one of our top planting suggestions for September 🪇 This often overlooked plant is a key part of wildflower habitats. It is perfect for long-tongued bumblebees such as the Garden bumblebee, Common carder bumblebee and even the rare Shrill carder bumblebee (as seen here). It also helps other wildflowers grow for shorter-tongued bumblebees. ℹ️ It’s easy to grow. Scatter, tread—but don’t cover—the seed into bare soil. To prepare the area, just use a rake to scrape back the surface

74K views · 1.9K reactions | The American bumblebee is the largest and gentlest of bees—and a pollination champ! Let your spring garden blossom with bee-friendly blooms (we'll show you how!) and learn a few surprising facts about bumblebees  Almanac.com/About-Bumblebees | The Old Farmers Almanac | Facebook

How much do you know about the bumblebee lifecycle? ❄️ Bumblebee queens spend the entire winter hibernating alone. 🌷 When a queen first emerges from hibernation in spring, she feeds on flowers, drinking nectar to gain energy. 🏠 Then begins the search for a suitable nest site: holes in the ground, long grass, bird boxes and beneath garden sheds. 🌼 Having chosen her nest site, the queen will collect pollen and nectar from flowers, and lay her first batch of eggs. 🐛 Little white larvae hatch, w

Eight species of bumblebee in the UK are on the brink of extinction 🚨 Two of our most threatened species – the Great Yellow bumblebee and the Moss carder bumblebee – need urgent action, before it’s too late 💔 Please, sponsor a species today using the link in the comments 💛🧡 | Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Different bumblebee species like to nest in different places, including long, tangled grass, bird boxes, and underground in abandoned rodent holes 🏡 They can even nest in more creative places, like under the edge of a pond, as shown here. What is the most interesting place you have found a bumblebee nest? 🔊 Sound up for that happy bumblebee hum! 🎥 Jade Oliver | Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Little bumblebee, what are you doing? 🤔 This Red-tailed cuckoo bumblebee female is likely looking for a hibernation spot. In this instance, she attempted to dig into the compacted earth of a woodland path before giving up and wandering off to find a more suitable spot 🛏️ Did you know ...? 🐦 A cuckoo bumblebee female is so named because, like the bird, she will go into the nest of a social bumblebee and take it over for herself. 🥸 Each species of cuckoo bumblebee has a preferred species of ho