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Description
Queens are fairly small and mainly yellow-orange in colour, with banding on the thorax absent Workers are similar to queens but much smaller
Distinguished from the common carder bee by having no black hairs on the abdomen
Lifecycle
Queens emerge from hibernation usually from mid-May, build themselves up, then search for a nest-site. Nest is made of grass and moss on the ground in tall open vegetation
The colony peaks in August and workers continue foraging into September
Habitat
Found in worked-out pits, old flower-rich grassland, sea walls and open areas in country parks Require extensive flower-rich foraging areas, especially deadnettles and flowers in the pea family
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