Claxton,Norfolk I was so shocked I looked round for someone to get the tidings: a bumblebee at novel Year!
It came over our hedge and performed a slow swerve around me, a flying creature the size of a snowdrop’s bloom, and but rotund and black apart from for pale detail at the abdomen tip. I was so shocked I looked round for someone to get the instantaneous and extraordinary tidings: a bumblebee at novel Year!What on Earth can such a sighting mean? I’ll add detail to justify any unease in that question. It was probably one of two common species,buff-tailed or early bumblebee. Based on its small size I might maintain suggested the latter, but I keep records of spring firsts and my earliest-ever early bumblebee is late March. My earliest-ever bumblebee of any species is 28 January 2012: a whole month later than this one. Related: Nature skips a season Continue reading...
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