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[marchogaeth]

In my new found increased enthusiasm for bees, I ordered an identification sheet from the Field Studies Council and headed off to the poly' with it as soon as it arrived. I have two sorts of bee feeding regularly in there on the broad beans and cerinthe. One is the White-tailed Bumblebee but the other, and I've checked and checked, is a Brown Banded Carder Bee which is very rare. This one is mainly on the cerinthe.

[veggiechicken]

Bee exciting if you do have that one - its been found in Carmarthenshire New sighting of rare UK Priority Bee Species Brown-banded carder bee! | Grasslands Trust

[mrbadexample]

and I've checked and checked, is a Brown Banded Carder Bee. which is very rare. This one is mainly on the cerinthe.

I might be wrong, but I think that link takes you to a misidentified fly. The compound eyes are all wrong for a bee. Of course, that in no way means yours isn't a BBCB, and I'm a bit jealous.

[marchogaeth]

I might be wrong, but I think that link takes you to a misidentified fly. The compound eyes are all wrong for a bee. Of course, that in no way means yours isn't a BBCB, and I'm a bit jealous.

Thanks for pointing this out. I am guilty of not looking carefully enough at the photo. Hopefully, the new link is correct although the colour is a bit red.

[mrbadexample]

Thanks for pointing this out. I am guilty of not looking carefully enough at the photo. Hopefully, the new link is correct although the colour is a bit red.

That's the one!