Five facts about the Common carder bumblebee: 🎱 One of the Big Eight common and widespread UK bumblebees. 📍 Found in most habitats, including gardens, parks, and the wider countryside. 🌿 Nest on the ground, often in long grass or mossy vegetation. 👑💼🚹 Queens, workers and males have the same colour pattern. 🌷 Favourite plants include foxgloves, figworts, clovers, vetches and thistles. Are you starting to see more bumblebees now compared to previous weeks? 🎥 Helen King | Bumblebee Conserva

87K views · 2K reactions | Different bumblebee species like to nest in different places, including long, tangled grass, bird boxes, and underground in abandoned rodent holes  They can even nest in more creative places, like under the edge of a pond, as shown here. What is the most interesting place you have found a bumblebee nest?  Sound up for that happy bumblebee hum!  Jade Oliver | Bumblebee Conservation Trust | Facebook

7.5K views · 238 reactions | Eight species of bumblebee in the UK are on the brink of extinction  Two of our most threatened species – the Great Yellow bumblebee and the Moss carder bumblebee – need urgent action, before it’s too late  Please, sponsor a species today using the link in the comments 李 | Bumblebee Conservation Trust | Facebook