Our precious British #bees have various strategies for coping with the #winter months. Find out more about how they survive the cold weather.

What happens to bees in the winter? | Friends of the Earth
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/nature/what-happens-bees-winter

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A fresh male early bumblebee, Bombus pratorum, feeding on the flowers of a red-leaved ninebark.
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A grey-patched mining bee feeding on crab apple blossom.
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An early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum) feeding on gooseberry nectar.
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First of the year: a male red mason bee, Osmia bicornis, sunning himself on a gatepost.
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A hairy-footed flower bee approaching a pulmonaria flower.
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A female Gwynne's mining bee, Andrena bicolor.
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A Bombus terrestris queen I found crawling on the ground in a park in Cardiff today. After warming her on my hand I put her inside a crocus flower, in the hope that a drink of nectar would help her get moving again.
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