Short-haired bumblebee queen (Bombus subterraneus) on a Yellow flag iris flower (Iris pseudacorus), Dungeness, Kent, UK.

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Short-haired bumblebee queen (Bombus subterraneus) collected in Sweden visiting a Yellow flag iris flower (Iris pseudacorus) on the shore of a flooded gravel pit after release during a UK reintroduction project run by the Bumblebee Conservation Trust / RSPB / Hymettus, RSPB Dungeness Nature Reserve, Kent, UK, May.

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Size: 4809px × 3206px
Location: RSPB Dungeness, Kent, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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