Bumblebee Conservation Trust

Imagine a world where seeing a bumblebee was a novelty. If we don’t act now, that could become reality for future generations 🐝💔 Donate to our appeal today to help put flower-rich meadows back on the map. Together, we can bring bumblebees back into our communities. Bee the difference: https://ow.ly/LBNO50Zu8mU Already donated? Please share this post and spread the word 💛

Two Orkney nature reserves have been recognised for their vital role in protecting one of Scotland’s rarest bumblebees, the Great Yellow bumblebee 💛 Liam McArthur MSP, the Scottish Parliament’s new Nature Champion for the Great Yellow bumblebee, recently joined the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and RSPB Scotland in search of this rare bumblebee. A day of determined searching ended on a high when a Great Yellow bumblebee queen was finally spotted, marking Liam’s first encounter with this remarkable pollinator. Read the full story to discover why Orkney remains one of the Great Yellow bumblebee’s most important strongholds and meet the people working to secure its future: https://ow.ly/P3Ll50ZscNP 🏆 Champion Site awarded to RSPB Brodgar and RSPB Onziebust. Scottish Environment LINK #GreatYellow #Bumblebee #Orkney #Scotland #Conservation #NatureChampions

This summer’s heatwave is putting extra pressure on bumblebees already fighting to survive. As flowers dry up and they struggle to fly without overheating, it becomes harder for them to find enough food. But you can be their lifeline. By donating to our appeal, you'll be supporting our charity's vital conservation work, creating and restoring flower-rich habitats where bumblebees can find food, cool shelter, and have a chance to recover. If you've ever thought about making a donation, please, make it today. Together, we can help bumblebees weather the heat and build a more resilient future where pollinators thrive. https://ow.ly/PiVV50Zsc9v

Listen carefully! Among these humming bumblebees, you can hear a drill-like buzzing – what is this sound? 🐝🎶 🔊 What you are hearing is a technique called buzz pollination. Pollen is sometimes hard to reach or held tightly by a plant. When this happens, bumblebees vibrate their flight muscles to release the pollen grains. 🧹 Now successfully covered in pollen, a bumblebee will brush most of the grains from her fur into the pollen baskets on her hind legs. 🌻 The pollen not collected by a bumblebee doesn’t go to waste. As a bumblebee continues to search for food, the loose pollen falls off to fertilise one of the next flowers she visits. Have you spotted any bumblebees recently? What plants are they enjoying most? 🎥 Helen King

Heatwaves are becoming more frequent in the UK – and even our common bumblebees are feeling the heat ☀️🐝 New BeeWalk data shows that extreme temperatures can cause bumblebee colonies to decline and populations to shrink the following spring. Warm weather is great for bumblebees, but not too warm. Once temperatures reach about 32°C, bumblebees can’t fly without overheating. This means they can’t collect food for themselves or their nests. With more intense heatwaves on the horizon, some of our most cherished species could be pushed to the brink. Read the latest insights from BeeWalk and learn how you can help support bumblebees in changing climates: https://ow.ly/FUjY50ZqHio

What kind of world do we want to leave for future generations? The choices we make today will shape whether our children grow up with bumblebees buzzing through gardens and wild spaces or only hear stories about them. Help us protect bumblebees, restore their habitats and create a brighter future for nature. Let’s be the generation that brought bumblebees back, not the one that let them disappear. Donate today: https://ow.ly/wxho50ZoivC

Bumblebees are losing the flower-rich meadows they need to feed, nest and thrive. Even our common bumblebees are steadily declining. Together, we can help bring them back. Donate to our appeal to put flower-rich meadows back on the map: https://ow.ly/SYKx50ZnR6X

It’s #BeesNeedsWeek and we want to hear how YOU help bumblebees 🐝 What have you planted recently? Have you created a nesting spot in your garden? Are you a member of the Trust? However you help, we would love to hear from you 💛 If you do one thing this #BeesNeedsWeek, please donate to our appeal to bring bumblebees back to our communities: https://ow.ly/5Vs350ZgZcG

These bumblebees are carrying out a spot of summer cleaning. Their nest may have recently had a minor disturbance: the bumblebees appear to be gathering moss and arranging it over the nest 🐝🛠️ 💼 All these bumblebees are workers. We can tell because they are the same size (the queen would be larger). ⚪ Their white tails mean they are either Buff-tailed or a White-tailed bumblebees. 🔬 The two species can look very similar – the workers can sometimes be impossible to tell apart! 🎥 Andy Barker #Bumblebees #Nest

How do we explain to children that we were the generation that let bumblebees disappear for good? Help put flower-rich meadows back on the map. Donate today: https://ow.ly/pZ4y50Zhu15