| Bombus
hypnorum is a distinctive tri-coloured and
easily recognised Bumble Bee, that stands out clearly
from the much commoner Bombus pascuorum. It colonised
the UK back in 2001 and spread rapidly north, finally reaching Nottinghamshire in 2009
where it was first recorded from Worksop. Further
records quickly followed in the early
part of 2010, before we found what is believed to be
Nottinghamshire's fifth record, at Gamston Wood near
Retford. Its spread has continued at an astonishing rate and it has
quickly become one of the county's commonest Bumble Bees. |
