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pratorum are relatively small bees and have short tongues. Consequently
they are rarely found on vetches but can manage to forage on white clover,
lavender, sage, allium, cotoneaster, thistles and other daisy type flowers. The
workers are smaller versions of the queen (above) with a whitish tail,
but the abdominal yellow hairs can vary from being completely absent to being
as abundant as on the queen. The males (right and below) have the greatest abundance of
yellow hairs. B. Pratorum nests are shorter lived than other bumblebee
nests, and along with B. hortorum they have a reputation for nesting in
unusual places. It has been roported that they can have two or even three colonies a year. That is new queens instead of hibernating will immediately start a nest. If you
find a nest in a place where it really must be moved the see the
hortorum page. Like hortorum these bees are very
placid and will cause no harm providing the nest is left alone and the entrance
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