05.06.18 How to catch a bee!

05.06.18 - Explore - We have become experts at catching bees safely without hurting or annoying them. We've also started to learn how to identify them. So far in our wild area we have identified a Red-Tailed bumble bee which Ali caught, a Tree Bee (Hypnorum Bee) which Harry caught, and a Lytorum Bee which Murray caught. Our favourite is pictured here with Arran and is called the Carder Bee (bombu pascuorum) It's our favourite because of the very Scottish nickname we call it, the Irn Bru Bee because of it's bright orange patch on it's back. We're going to record all of our bees on the Great British Bee Count - more citizen science!