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Description: Up to 25mm. The collar (front of thorax) and 2nd abdominal segment orange or golden yellow, usually much darker than in the White-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum). Queen has tip of abdomen buff or gingery in the UK, but white on the continent. Workers usually have a white tip, often tinged with brown towards the front. Visits a wide range of flowers, including apple and cherry blossom. Queens are frequent visitors to sallow catkins in March and April. Nests are built below ground level. To be found in almost any well-vegetated habit. Widespread across the UK except northern Scotland.
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