Ron Bury's Wildlife: Bumblebee

Sunday 1 May 2011

Bumblebee - Bombus monticola

Not being particularly knowledgeable about Bumblebees I'm hoping I've correctly identified this as (Bombus monticola)

If so it is an uncommon moorland species found in declining numbers in the north and north western highlands.

Often pollinating Bilberry, Cowberry and Cranberry.

I photographed this one this morning at map reference NH 30276 26364 at the margin of Pine Forest on Guisachan farm in Glen Affric.

My identification was made from information at www.bumblebee.org

This web site is about the wildlife, particularly the mammals, of the Glen Affric National Nature Reserve area in the north west Highlands of Scotland, UK; and the equipment I use to search for them, which is chiefly trail cameras.

I provide a technical support and parts service for the Ltl Acorn range of cameras and the income from this provides for the upkeep of this site and the purchase of cameras for my own surveying.

I hope you find the site useful and informative; and please contact me if you have any questions that I haven't already covered.