Meet one of the UK’s rarest bumblebees 👋 The Shrill carder bumblebee is now only found in seven areas in southern England and Wales: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Essex 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Somerset 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Wiltshire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Gwent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Glamorgan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Pembrokeshire 📉 The principal causes of decline are the loss of flower-rich meadows and the intensification of farming and grazing practices 🔎 The Shrill carder bumblebee can be identified by its pale grey-yellow

Turn your sound up for buzz pollination, the bumblebee superpower no other insect in the UK has 🔊🐝 This unique ability allows bumblebees to release pollen for over 20,000 species of plant around the world, including garden displays, wildflowers, crops, and allotment favourites. But our bumblebees are struggling due to the loss of wildflowers and good nesting spots. Without bumblebees, the shelves at our local supermarkets would seem much emptier, the plots at our allotments would literally be