White-tailed Bumble bee

[Chocky]

Enjoying the flowers in a small park

[Merlin]

Beryl this is a genuine question and not to be seen as being clever......Why is it called White-tailed Bumble Bee when it appears to be anything but white?


Pete.

[Chocky]

You can;'t see the tail in that photo. He has it tucked under

Here is a buff tail. His band behind the thorax is yellow same colour as his second band and his tail is longer
So the first is white tailed
Second is Buff tailed
Third is red taile
The red tailed is black and only has a red tail band

[Merlin]

Thanks for the explanation Beryl. By the way, why we don't we have the move to the next image arrows anymore?


Pete.

[Chocky]

Your welcome .
We had an upgrade to the site and it didn't include the arrow links. ...........I think. Rolf should be able to enplane it better