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bleekerk.eurosky.social
Een prachtige #Aardhommel ( #BombusTerrestris, Buff-tailed #Bumblebee) doet zich, samen met tientallen familieleden, in #Appelscha tegoed aan de nectar die de #Herfstaster te bieden heeft.

#insect
#nature
#natuur
#NikonCoolpixP1100
October 2, 2026 at 9:04 PM
ianbeavis.bsky.social
Tiny worker Common Carder Bee in Grosvenor & Hilbert Park today. Still a good number of these about. Before the rise of winter-active Buff-tailed colonies, Common Carder was the latest species of bumblebee to stay on the wing.
October 2, 2026 at 7:58 PM
stevedudley.bsky.social
#OnThisDay #OrkneyBirding ... three county firsts found today: yesterday's Siberian Blue Robin in Shetland is just a day out from Orkney's first (and Britain's second); the Rufous-tailed Robin makes an amazing robin double but the latter was sadly found dead; and a Red-eyed Vireo. #rarebirds
A list of scarce and rare bird records found on 29 September in Orkney. The list reads: Scarce and rare birds found in Orkney on this day … 2 October Surf Scoter, 2007, Wide Firth American Wigeon, 2001, ad ♂, St. Peter’s Pool, Deerness Turtle Dove, 2015, Noup Farm, Westray American Golden Plover, 2016, Gleat, Sanday Great Snipe, 1998, North Ronaldsay Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2004, 1 or 2, Aikers, South Ronaldsay Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2013, 1 or 2, Toft's Ness, Sanday Buff-breasted Sandpiper, 2019, Northwall, Sanday Pectoral Sandpiper, 2008, North Ronaldsay Pectoral Sandpiper, 2014, 2, Sandside, Deerness White-rumped Sandpiper, 1978, North Ronaldsay Nightjar, 2020, Mull Head, Papa Westray Goshawk, 2025, Kirkwall Red Kite, 2010, Deerness (also Rousay, Birsay, Rendall) Hobby, 2012, Loons, Birsay Red-eyed Vireo, 2009, Langskaill, St. Andrews (first county record) Hoopoe, 2020, North Wall, Sanday Great Grey Shrike, 1983, Herston, South Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 1984, South Ronaldsay Great Grey Shrike, 1998, Stronsay Great Grey Shrike, 2000, Papa Westray Magpie, 2001, Quoyness, Hoy Blue Tit, 1971, North Ronaldsay Melodious Warbler, 1983, trapped, Holm Lanceolated Warbler, 2022, North Ronaldsay Eyebrowed Thrush, 2020, 1CY♂, North Ronaldsay Siberian Blue Robin, 2001, 1CY♂, North Ronaldsay (first county record) Rufous-tailed Robin, 2010, 1CY♂, found dead, North Ronaldsay (only county record) Red-throated Pipit, 1992, Stronsay Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll , 2009, North Ronaldsay Hornemann's Arctic Redpoll, 2022, North Ronaldsay Arctic Redpoll ssp, 1989, Stronsay Parrot Crossbill, 1983, 1CY♂, trapped, North Ronaldsay
October 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
bearysweet.bsky.social
😍 Happiness is being able to pamper an amply-sized fuzzy friend 🏵️🐝🥰

- by @gillymcarthur

Such an adorable bumblebee, likely a buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), resting on a purple flower. They frequently rest on flowers to conserve energy when they get tired while gathering food.

#bees
October 2, 2026 at 3:05 AM
freedomtodoubt.bsky.social
Most of the buzz & hum came from hundreds of Honey bees & also many Buff-tailed bumblebees but then there were the 🤫 butterflies .. love the quiet ones ❤️
2/3
September 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
Smashed it with this Buff-tailed buzzer, kiddo. Have a pinktastic day. 🌸🐝🙌
September 28, 2026 at 12:16 PM
aliball.bsky.social
A buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) foraging on a fuchsia flower.
And a yellow-flowering red-hot poker plant (Kniphofia)
#SundayYellow
Bumble bee on a fuscia Yellow flowering red hot poker plant
September 27, 2026 at 6:07 AM
ianbeavis.bsky.social
Foraging worker Buff-tailed Bumblebee (note full pollen baskets on hind legs) at ivy in Woodbury Park Cemetery.
September 26, 2026 at 9:25 PM
oldmanrambling.bsky.social
A #WeeBee on a blue Ceratostigma/plumbago flower in my front garden. I have these plants in several borders because #Bees love them so. For a change, this one is a Buff-tailed Bumblebee rather than the ubiquitous Common Carder.
#ColorADay #GreenSat
#MacroPhotography
#ECK #PhotographersOfBluesky
Buff-tailed Bumblebee on Blue Ceratostigma. Camera: iPhone 15 Pro.
September 26, 2026 at 12:02 PM
thedivyabot.bsky.social
omg let’s trade 💖
close up photo of a fuschia rose and a queen buff-tailed bumble bee sitting in it
September 26, 2026 at 1:53 AM
maocat.bsky.social
The way she kept turning with the hind legs flailing in thin air 😂
#bumblebee #queen #invertebrates
Buff-tailed bumblebee queen working in a blue Enzian flower, butt to the lower right, hind legs flailing clockwise and out to each side Buff-tailed bumblebee queen working in a blue Enzian flower, butt to the right, hind legs flailing counter-clockwise, up and below Buff-tailed bumblebee queen working upside down in a blue Enzian flower, butt to the sky, hind legs flailing far out to each side like a gymnastics finalist
September 23, 2026 at 9:49 PM
ina58.bsky.social
#ColorADay #RedWed #gardening #nature #bumblebees #seeds #bloomscrolling
Red with green seeds and a red flower of the Himalayan balsam, on which a buff-tailed bumblebee is foraging.
September 23, 2026 at 6:25 AM
plasterjak.bsky.social
🌱 The garden has been very busy, insects making the most of a beautiful day. Been watching a huge buff tailed bumble bee- must be a queen, lumbering around the last of the trailing lobelia
Hesperantha coccinea with some Verbena bonariensis
September 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
elyclive.bsky.social
The Wonderful World of Garden Wildlife
#Insects
#Spiders
#dragonflies
#Bees
#Ladybirds
Common darter
Garden spider
7 spot Ladybird
Buff-tailed bumblebee
September 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
maocat.bsky.social
Queen Sparkle Butt with Pollen Confetti. I mean, Queen #Bumblebee at work.
#invertebrates
Very Buff-tailed earth bumblebee queen stuck inside a blue Enzian bloom in front of a very blurry bokeh background of greens and greys. Space is a bit tight but she managed to fit just far enough that her behind peeks out from the white butt over the pollen sparkle-decorated black stripe to the first golden yellow stripe. Her hind legs stretch and push to keep her floof body inside the flower. Her size is double if not more than that of a worker bee.
September 20, 2026 at 7:04 PM
exebirder.bsky.social
Good distant views of Buff-breasted Sandpiper at #NorthamBurrowsCP today along with a Sanderling, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits several Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Curlew and Oystercatchers with @vivthesetter.bsky.social
September 18, 2026 at 4:43 PM
royreed.bsky.social
Today we had bar-tailed godwits at Wadebridge #Cornwall (three in total, but they wouldn't pose for a nice group shot).
A Bar‑tailed Godwit stands in shallow tidal water, its long black legs partly submerged. The bird’s plumage is mottled brown, buff, and white, with fine streaking across the back and wings. It holds a long, slightly upturned bill (pink at the base and dark at the tip) pointed toward the wet mud as if searching for food.
September 18, 2026 at 4:34 PM
ans.bsky.social
Native giant bumblebees of Patagonia (Bombus dahlbomii) are being driven out by the European buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), first imported in 1997 to Chile to pollinate crops #anthropocene

biographic.com/the-unwildin...
The Unwilding of Patagonia’s Pollinators  | bioGraphic
In a region synonymous with wilderness, native bumblebees are being replaced by industrial worker bees—and ecosystems are paying the price.
biographic.com
September 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
benjyhere.bsky.social
Ivy has the juice.
Batman hoverfly, buff- tailed bumblebee and one of several ivy bees. No hornets on this visit sadly. #Ivy
September 18, 2026 at 1:31 PM
maocat.bsky.social
Leg. 😂
#invertebrates
Buff-tailed earth #bumblebee on lavender shot from half-behind while stretching one left leg out. The background is blurry echinacea and foliage in sunlight, making the scene seem very… let’s say, serene. A serene leg scene.
September 17, 2026 at 10:05 PM
rickmartin.bsky.social
Common carder bees have taken over as the busiest bee in my garden, after a summer dominated by buff-tailed bumblebees 🌱🐝

#InsectThursday #BugSky #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #ECK
A common carder bee on a purple cornflower in my garden this evening
September 17, 2026 at 5:41 PM
royreed.bsky.social
The black-tailed godwit was back on the River Camel in Wadebridge #Cornwall today.
A long‑legged wading bird stands in shallow rippled water. It has mottled reddish-brown and buff plumage, a long straight bill that is pink at the base and dark at the tip, and slender black legs
September 17, 2026 at 3:06 PM
rickmartin.bsky.social
Living on the edge* 🌱🐝

#InsectThursday #BugSky #PlantSky #CarnivorousPlants #ECK

*no bees were harmed in the taking of this picture
A buff-tailed bumblebee hanging upside down from the canopy of a red and white mottled pitcher plant, saracenia leucophylla, as it steals the nectar meant the bait the trap for smaller, stupider bugs.
September 17, 2026 at 11:34 AM
battybunce.bsky.social
This bee looks like he’s leaning on a bar!
A buff-tailed bumble bee standing with his back legs on a cluster of pink verbena flowers. At shoulder-height (do bees have shoulders?) in front of him is another set of flowers. He has his proboscis stuck into one like a straw.
September 16, 2026 at 5:12 PM
maocat.bsky.social
The bumble has found the sunflowers. Somehow I feel like its sessions there are much faster than the honeybee‘s... #invertebrates #bees
Buff-tailed earth bumblebee sitting upside down in a bright yellow sunflower, working its way around the pistil. Its golden stripes and pollen-loaded feets go well with the flower’s shades of yellow.
September 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM