Bumbles at the Lodge

Nice selection of Bumblebees at the lodge the other day
Bombus pratorum sharing a flower with a longhorn (Rutpela maculata)

Several B.hypnorum workers out on bramble flowers

and what I'm pretty sure is a B.sylvestris male, a cuckoo of B.pratorum

Bombus hypnorum queen

It's the first time I've seen a Bombus hypnorum queen, but it seems like these guys are well settled in Bedfordshire now. Picture taken in the gardens at The Lodge.