A newly emerged Large White-tailed Bumble-Bee queen feasts on the profusion of nectar in the early flowering Blackthorn blooms, vital for her
A newly emerged Large White-tailed Bumble-Bee queen feasts on the profusion of nectar in the early flowering Blackthorn blooms, vital for her to start a new colony
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Location: Scarborough, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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