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What type of bee is this?

Gal2Gal2 Posts: 36
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Hi all, can any of you please identify what types of bees are in my photos? They're by the coast in Ireland, if that helps!

Thanks

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  • LiriodendronLiriodendron Scariff, County Clare, IrelandPosts: 5,978
    I think this might be the white-tailed bumble bee.  Common in gardens and a useful pollinator.
    "The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life."  Rabindranath Tagore
  • Gal2Gal2 Posts: 36
    Thank you!
  • wild edgeswild edges The north west of south east WalesPosts: 4,947
    Very hard to tell from the pics sorry. Could be one of a number of similar species. White-tailed is a good call or buff-tailed, garden bumblebee or even broken belted bumblebee, they all look superficially similar. There's also a number of cuckoo bees that imitate all of the above. Even experts need to stuff them into test tubes for an exact ID sometimes.
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