bumblebee – Jill Orme Photography

3 Jun 2026

Plush

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Good evening. We begin tonight with the weather news. It was pretty bleurgh today, actually, with stormy winds bringing in repeated bands of thick black cloud and rain, and occasional interludes of brilliant sunshine that tended to lull you into … Continued

19 May 2026

Rescued

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I was rummaging around the very wet wild garden this morning, looking for inverts, when I spotted this male early Bumblebee trying and failing to haul himself out of the sodden grass by climbing a taller stem, which unobligingly bent … Continued

16 May 2026

Grim

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

It was such a grim day, weather-wise, that I walked twice round the garden before managing to find a single insect. Then the sky lifted slightly and the temperature went up a degree or two, and suddenly I heard the … Continued

23 Mar 2026

Favourite

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

I tried to make myself feature the humongous Common Carder queen in my second photo – I really did. But you have to learn to accept your limitations, and one of mine is that however much I love other bees … Continued

17 Mar 2026

Success

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

You may be thinking by now that there’s nothing else I can possibly say about Hairy-footed Flower Bees, but it’s taken me nearly three weeks to get this photo, so there’s absolutely no way I wasn’t going to post it. … Continued

3 Mar 2026

Sallow

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Trees, Worcestershire | 0

Yesterday afternoon I had a sudden desire to buy some new plants, so I went off to Stratford Garden Centre, where my usual problem is keeping my purchases to the number of pots I can physically fit in the car. … Continued

1 Mar 2026

Early Early Bumblebee

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Just to prove that bees other than the Hairy-feet do exist in my little world, this is an Early Bumblebee queen (Bombus pratorum), who finally allowed me some photos today at the third time of trying. It’s not just the … Continued

6 Nov 2025

Downtime

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Bugs, Invertebrates, My garden, Worcestershire | 0

Today’s running around encompassed both Evesham and Stratford, and by the time we made it back home again I was tired and grumpy, and fairly disinclined to go back out in the garden hunting invertebrates. Luckily though, I spotted this … Continued

16 Oct 2025

Flight

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Dragonflies, Invertebrates, Odonata, Warwickshire | 0

I had to post this Migrant Hawker today, in flight over one of the reed beds at Lucy’s Mill in Stratford, because we’re soooo close to the end of the dragon season now that he might be the last of … Continued

14 Sep 2025

Learning

by JDO | posted in: Bees, Invertebrates, Worcestershire | 0

I had very little time for playing this morning, in advance of a visit by both Offspring and both grandsons, and unlike yesterday morning it was overcast, windy, and quite cold, so even the ivy wasn’t attracting many customers. I … Continued

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