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A bathing bumble

15 Saturday Apr 2023

Posted by sconzani in insects

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British bumblebees, bumblebee, bumblebee ablutions, bumblebee cleaning, White-tailed bumblebee

Though it’s often difficult to tell Buff-tailed from White-tailed, I think this is a queen White-tailed bumblebee. I caught her giving herself a good clean, and found her motions both fascinating and relaxing. In this short video, I slowed her movements down to half the actual speed the better to see more clearly what she was doing. What a beautiful creature she is!

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