Months sighted in garden
Red tailed bumble bee
Bombus lapidarius
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Hymenoptera
Queen is black save for a broad reddish-orange band to end of abdomen; no red comb to posterior legs. Males have a prominent red posterior but have in addition a narrow yellow band at the front of the thorax and also at the start of the abdomen. Often seen visiting on white clover.