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The Buff-tailed bumblebee has been chosen to feature on the new banknotes – and received the most public votes! 🐝💵 🎉 From a shortlist of 18 UK wildlife species, the Buff-tailed bumblebee attracted an un-bee-lievable 360,399 votes. A big thank you to everyone who voted for this iconic insect.

How incredible to see so many of Scotland's most threatened bumblebee 💛

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. What is the most interesting place you have found a bumblebee nest?

In September we say goodbye to many of the UK bumblebees 💔 🍂 Old queens and their nests will naturally come to an end as summer turns into autumn. 💤 New queens will mate with males, feed heavily on pollen and nectar to create fatty stores of energy, then hibernate until the following spring.

UK intelligence services say nature loss is a national security threat & loss of pollinators a major threat to UK food production. The Government knows it. MPs debated it in parliament yesterday. It’s time to treat the recovery of nature & climate as a whole-of-Government priority, not a side issue.

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Have you seen a bumblebee this week? 🐝🙌 Share your bumblebee captures in the comments 📷🎥

Less than 2 weeks to go until Wild Summit 2026, where we’ll join forces with Rethink Nature for a game of ecosystem Jenga. Find us on the Rethink Nature stand – if you can’t come in person, online tickets are also available.

Join these cuckoo bumblebees for a thistle picnic🧺 🐦Six of the UK’s 24 bumblebee species are cuckoo bumblebees. Instead of building nests, females take over those of other bumblebees and rely on them to raise their young. ⚠️Important pollinators, they are not a major threat to bumblebee populations.