I think some of the 'larger' bumble bees seen this year in the UK have certainly been Queens looking for new nest sites. What I did notice was not that they were larger but that they were later after such a cold winter. Thus we had longer, warmer, days to notice them and seemingly see more.

So many 'creepy crawlies' are 'late' this year. Perhaps the greenfly are slightly now more abundant as we have had lots of flowers flowering all at once too (I saw crocus, daffodil and tulips all out at the same time around Easter, which is unusual I think, and many bluebells are late too). Maybe we will see an increase in Ladybird numbers a little later if it stays mild as 'plagues' of Ladybirds are certainly linked to years of over abundance in prey.

What we need to see are increased numbers of our honey bees. Their decline has been terrible the past decade.

I would have paid good money to see a bee the size of a helicopter! ;-)


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