Bumblebee Conservation Trust
@bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is the only charity dedicated wholly to saving the UK's bumblebees 🐝
www.bumblebeeconservation.org
📷 Kate Jaconello
www.bumblebeeconservation.org
📷 Kate Jaconello
If you ever worry about bumblebees in cold weather, just remember:
🧥They are covered in thick fur.
🌡️They can raise their body temperature by dislocating their wings and shivering their flight muscles.
❄️Their body can produce an antifreeze to stop ice crystals from forming and freezing their insides.
🧥They are covered in thick fur.
🌡️They can raise their body temperature by dislocating their wings and shivering their flight muscles.
❄️Their body can produce an antifreeze to stop ice crystals from forming and freezing their insides.
February 10, 2026 at 10:10 AM
If you ever worry about bumblebees in cold weather, just remember:
🧥They are covered in thick fur.
🌡️They can raise their body temperature by dislocating their wings and shivering their flight muscles.
❄️Their body can produce an antifreeze to stop ice crystals from forming and freezing their insides.
🧥They are covered in thick fur.
🌡️They can raise their body temperature by dislocating their wings and shivering their flight muscles.
❄️Their body can produce an antifreeze to stop ice crystals from forming and freezing their insides.
Where do bumblebees go in winter? And how do they know when to return in time for spring? 🐝🔮
February 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Where do bumblebees go in winter? And how do they know when to return in time for spring? 🐝🔮
This month look out for early emerging Tree bumblebees 👀
Tree bumblebee queens can be seen during some winter months, but this species is more noticable in the summer when males fly around nest entrances, waiting to mate with new queens as they emerge🧡
Have you seen your first bumblebee of 2026?
Tree bumblebee queens can be seen during some winter months, but this species is more noticable in the summer when males fly around nest entrances, waiting to mate with new queens as they emerge🧡
Have you seen your first bumblebee of 2026?
February 7, 2026 at 8:50 AM
This month look out for early emerging Tree bumblebees 👀
Tree bumblebee queens can be seen during some winter months, but this species is more noticable in the summer when males fly around nest entrances, waiting to mate with new queens as they emerge🧡
Have you seen your first bumblebee of 2026?
Tree bumblebee queens can be seen during some winter months, but this species is more noticable in the summer when males fly around nest entrances, waiting to mate with new queens as they emerge🧡
Have you seen your first bumblebee of 2026?
It took just four days after planting this mahonia for the first hungry visitor to arrive: a Buff-tailed bumblebee queen 👑
What have you planted to feed winter-active bumblebees? How soon after planting something has it taken your local bumblebees to tuck in? ⏱️
🎥 Helen King
What have you planted to feed winter-active bumblebees? How soon after planting something has it taken your local bumblebees to tuck in? ⏱️
🎥 Helen King
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM
It took just four days after planting this mahonia for the first hungry visitor to arrive: a Buff-tailed bumblebee queen 👑
What have you planted to feed winter-active bumblebees? How soon after planting something has it taken your local bumblebees to tuck in? ⏱️
🎥 Helen King
What have you planted to feed winter-active bumblebees? How soon after planting something has it taken your local bumblebees to tuck in? ⏱️
🎥 Helen King
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📅 18 Feb | ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
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January 29, 2026 at 10:29 AM
🌈🌿 Join our next #DiverseByNature webinar on LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the environment & conservation sector
📅 18 Feb | ⏰ 6:00–7:30pm
🔗 Register: event.swisscom.ch/v/diversebyn...
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Maybe if I stay here, Monday won’t find me ... 😴
🔎🐝 Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
📷 Claire Fidler
🔎🐝 Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
📷 Claire Fidler
February 2, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Maybe if I stay here, Monday won’t find me ... 😴
🔎🐝 Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
📷 Claire Fidler
🔎🐝 Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
📷 Claire Fidler
February brings us closer to the return of bumblebees – you might be lucky enough to see some this month 🤞
Bumblebee queens emerge from hibernation in spring. Keep your eyes peeled this month for early emerging Tree and Buff-tailed bumblebees 👀
Have you spotted your first bumblebee of 2026?
Bumblebee queens emerge from hibernation in spring. Keep your eyes peeled this month for early emerging Tree and Buff-tailed bumblebees 👀
Have you spotted your first bumblebee of 2026?
February 1, 2026 at 8:20 AM
February brings us closer to the return of bumblebees – you might be lucky enough to see some this month 🤞
Bumblebee queens emerge from hibernation in spring. Keep your eyes peeled this month for early emerging Tree and Buff-tailed bumblebees 👀
Have you spotted your first bumblebee of 2026?
Bumblebee queens emerge from hibernation in spring. Keep your eyes peeled this month for early emerging Tree and Buff-tailed bumblebees 👀
Have you spotted your first bumblebee of 2026?
The 2026 bumblebee calendar is now HALF PRICE🗓️🐝
📸 12 stunning photos by our supporters
🔎 Illustrated bumblebee ID guide
💡 Fun bumblebee facts
👀 Bumblebees to see this month
🌱 Gardening tips
♻️ 100% recycled
🤝 Supports our vital conservation work
Get yours before it's gone: https://ow.ly/qxeR50Y4LIk
📸 12 stunning photos by our supporters
🔎 Illustrated bumblebee ID guide
💡 Fun bumblebee facts
👀 Bumblebees to see this month
🌱 Gardening tips
♻️ 100% recycled
🤝 Supports our vital conservation work
Get yours before it's gone: https://ow.ly/qxeR50Y4LIk
January 31, 2026 at 9:20 AM
The 2026 bumblebee calendar is now HALF PRICE🗓️🐝
📸 12 stunning photos by our supporters
🔎 Illustrated bumblebee ID guide
💡 Fun bumblebee facts
👀 Bumblebees to see this month
🌱 Gardening tips
♻️ 100% recycled
🤝 Supports our vital conservation work
Get yours before it's gone: https://ow.ly/qxeR50Y4LIk
📸 12 stunning photos by our supporters
🔎 Illustrated bumblebee ID guide
💡 Fun bumblebee facts
👀 Bumblebees to see this month
🌱 Gardening tips
♻️ 100% recycled
🤝 Supports our vital conservation work
Get yours before it's gone: https://ow.ly/qxeR50Y4LIk
Great news for nature in Scotland! 🐝🎉
Thank you to everyone who supported #ScotlandLovesNature and to the MSPs who strengthened the Bill. Congratulations to @scotlink.bsky.social on running a successful campaign!
Thank you to everyone who supported #ScotlandLovesNature and to the MSPs who strengthened the Bill. Congratulations to @scotlink.bsky.social on running a successful campaign!
Big win for Scotland’s nature! The Natural Environment Bill passed by MSPs will bring in legally binding targets to restore wildlife and habitats. Huge thanks to LINK’s members and supporters who helped make this happen! Let’s keep pushing for strong action and funding to restore Scotland’s nature.
January 30, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Great news for nature in Scotland! 🐝🎉
Thank you to everyone who supported #ScotlandLovesNature and to the MSPs who strengthened the Bill. Congratulations to @scotlink.bsky.social on running a successful campaign!
Thank you to everyone who supported #ScotlandLovesNature and to the MSPs who strengthened the Bill. Congratulations to @scotlink.bsky.social on running a successful campaign!
Luco is no ordinary soft toy. She helps spark curiosity and affection for bumblebees in children and adults alike 🐝
But the real impact comes from your membership. You’ll be supporting a year of bumblebee conservation 💙
Give bumblebees a future: https://ow.ly/9vko50Y4JrM
⚡Ends midnight Saturday
But the real impact comes from your membership. You’ll be supporting a year of bumblebee conservation 💙
Give bumblebees a future: https://ow.ly/9vko50Y4JrM
⚡Ends midnight Saturday
January 29, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Luco is no ordinary soft toy. She helps spark curiosity and affection for bumblebees in children and adults alike 🐝
But the real impact comes from your membership. You’ll be supporting a year of bumblebee conservation 💙
Give bumblebees a future: https://ow.ly/9vko50Y4JrM
⚡Ends midnight Saturday
But the real impact comes from your membership. You’ll be supporting a year of bumblebee conservation 💙
Give bumblebees a future: https://ow.ly/9vko50Y4JrM
⚡Ends midnight Saturday
Like many animals that hibernate, bumblebees must reach a certain weight to survive the winter 💪
Buff-tailed bumblebee queens, the largest in the UK, must weigh at least 0.6g – roughly the same as a grain of rice – but they can reach as much as 0.85g – less than a paperclip 🧷
Buff-tailed bumblebee queens, the largest in the UK, must weigh at least 0.6g – roughly the same as a grain of rice – but they can reach as much as 0.85g – less than a paperclip 🧷
January 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Like many animals that hibernate, bumblebees must reach a certain weight to survive the winter 💪
Buff-tailed bumblebee queens, the largest in the UK, must weigh at least 0.6g – roughly the same as a grain of rice – but they can reach as much as 0.85g – less than a paperclip 🧷
Buff-tailed bumblebee queens, the largest in the UK, must weigh at least 0.6g – roughly the same as a grain of rice – but they can reach as much as 0.85g – less than a paperclip 🧷
Congratulations to @victoriamallinson.bsky.social for winning The Olivia Norfolk Prize for her research on the impact of spring cold snaps on bumblebee colonies.
In 2026, Victoria, a Trust-supported PhD student, hopes to examine the impact of real cold snaps using the BeeWalk dataset.
In 2026, Victoria, a Trust-supported PhD student, hopes to examine the impact of real cold snaps using the BeeWalk dataset.
Congratulations to @cbunnenberg.bsky.social and @victoriamallinson.bsky.social for winning our 2025 Annual Meeting prizes!
January 27, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Congratulations to @victoriamallinson.bsky.social for winning The Olivia Norfolk Prize for her research on the impact of spring cold snaps on bumblebee colonies.
In 2026, Victoria, a Trust-supported PhD student, hopes to examine the impact of real cold snaps using the BeeWalk dataset.
In 2026, Victoria, a Trust-supported PhD student, hopes to examine the impact of real cold snaps using the BeeWalk dataset.
Help us caption this video 🐝
Spring 2026 arrives in just under two months. What are you most looking forward to this spring?
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee
🎥 Helen King
Spring 2026 arrives in just under two months. What are you most looking forward to this spring?
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee
🎥 Helen King
January 25, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Help us caption this video 🐝
Spring 2026 arrives in just under two months. What are you most looking forward to this spring?
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee
🎥 Helen King
Spring 2026 arrives in just under two months. What are you most looking forward to this spring?
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee
🎥 Helen King
Is there something on my face?
Static electricity helps bumblebees to collect pollen. As the bumblebee flies, it builds up a positive charge on its hair which negatively charged pollen grains are attracted to ⚡
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
📷 Laura Freitas
Static electricity helps bumblebees to collect pollen. As the bumblebee flies, it builds up a positive charge on its hair which negatively charged pollen grains are attracted to ⚡
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
📷 Laura Freitas
January 24, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Is there something on my face?
Static electricity helps bumblebees to collect pollen. As the bumblebee flies, it builds up a positive charge on its hair which negatively charged pollen grains are attracted to ⚡
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
📷 Laura Freitas
Static electricity helps bumblebees to collect pollen. As the bumblebee flies, it builds up a positive charge on its hair which negatively charged pollen grains are attracted to ⚡
🔎🐝 Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
📷 Laura Freitas
Digging up peat for garden compost harms bumblebees. It’s not good news for us either 🚨
It releases centuries of CO2 into the atmosphere and destroys irreplaceable habitats ⚠️
You can help. Urge the Government to end the sale of peat once and for all: https://ow.ly/8k5g50Y11Ub
#EndPeatSales
It releases centuries of CO2 into the atmosphere and destroys irreplaceable habitats ⚠️
You can help. Urge the Government to end the sale of peat once and for all: https://ow.ly/8k5g50Y11Ub
#EndPeatSales
January 22, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Digging up peat for garden compost harms bumblebees. It’s not good news for us either 🚨
It releases centuries of CO2 into the atmosphere and destroys irreplaceable habitats ⚠️
You can help. Urge the Government to end the sale of peat once and for all: https://ow.ly/8k5g50Y11Ub
#EndPeatSales
It releases centuries of CO2 into the atmosphere and destroys irreplaceable habitats ⚠️
You can help. Urge the Government to end the sale of peat once and for all: https://ow.ly/8k5g50Y11Ub
#EndPeatSales
🚨Our legally-protected wildlife sites are under threat.
Dismantling vital legal protections would put bumblebee habitats at risk.
You can tell @ed-miliband.bsky.social to keep nature safe. Add your voice to stop this: https://ow.ly/2ifi50XVYiH
#FingletonReview #NatureRecovery
Dismantling vital legal protections would put bumblebee habitats at risk.
You can tell @ed-miliband.bsky.social to keep nature safe. Add your voice to stop this: https://ow.ly/2ifi50XVYiH
#FingletonReview #NatureRecovery
January 13, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🚨Our legally-protected wildlife sites are under threat.
Dismantling vital legal protections would put bumblebee habitats at risk.
You can tell @ed-miliband.bsky.social to keep nature safe. Add your voice to stop this: https://ow.ly/2ifi50XVYiH
#FingletonReview #NatureRecovery
Dismantling vital legal protections would put bumblebee habitats at risk.
You can tell @ed-miliband.bsky.social to keep nature safe. Add your voice to stop this: https://ow.ly/2ifi50XVYiH
#FingletonReview #NatureRecovery
Become a Benefactor or Family member and receive a FREE bumblebee soft toy worth £18 🐝✨
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Bee quick, while stocks last!
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January 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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Become a Benefactor or Family member this January and receive a FREE bumblebee soft toy worth £18 when you join 🐝
A bee-rilliant way to start the new year together: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/january
Bee quick, while stocks last!
A bee-rilliant way to start the new year together: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/january
Bee quick, while stocks last!
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Become a Benefactor or Family member this January and receive a FREE bumblebee soft toy worth £18 when you join 🐝
A bee-rilliant way to start the new year together: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/january
Bee quick, while stocks last!
A bee-rilliant way to start the new year together: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/january
Bee quick, while stocks last!
CLOSING SOON: We are looking for an Individual Giving & Membership Officer 🐝
🕒 Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent position
📍 Stirling office
📅 7 January 2026
Full details: https://ow.ly/ZNUA50XKLPr
🕒 Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent position
📍 Stirling office
📅 7 January 2026
Full details: https://ow.ly/ZNUA50XKLPr
January 4, 2026 at 10:10 AM
CLOSING SOON: We are looking for an Individual Giving & Membership Officer 🐝
🕒 Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent position
📍 Stirling office
📅 7 January 2026
Full details: https://ow.ly/ZNUA50XKLPr
🕒 Full-time (35 hours per week), permanent position
📍 Stirling office
📅 7 January 2026
Full details: https://ow.ly/ZNUA50XKLPr
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We are looking for an Individual Giving & Membership Officer 🐝
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December 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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We are looking for an Individual Giving & Membership Officer 🐝
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📍 Stirling office
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Missed the last posting date? We've got you covered! Send instant festive cheer with our bee-utiful eCards 💌
Send your loved ones a bumblebee eCard this Christmas via email, WhatsApp or Messenger and donate the cost of sending a greetings card 💚
📨 https://ow.ly/JPRc50XisVP
Send your loved ones a bumblebee eCard this Christmas via email, WhatsApp or Messenger and donate the cost of sending a greetings card 💚
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December 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Missed the last posting date? We've got you covered! Send instant festive cheer with our bee-utiful eCards 💌
Send your loved ones a bumblebee eCard this Christmas via email, WhatsApp or Messenger and donate the cost of sending a greetings card 💚
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Send your loved ones a bumblebee eCard this Christmas via email, WhatsApp or Messenger and donate the cost of sending a greetings card 💚
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Sound like you?
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We are looking for an Individual Giving & Membership Officer 🐝
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✅ Love engaging with supporters
✅ Buzzing about data handling
✅ Full of fundraising ideas
We are looking for an Individual Giving & Membership Officer 🐝
🕒 Full-time (35 hours per week)
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December 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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✅ Love engaging with supporters
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We are looking for an Individual Giving & Membership Officer 🐝
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Full details: https://ow.ly/Ogao50XKMj5
✅ Love engaging with supporters
✅ Buzzing about data handling
✅ Full of fundraising ideas
We are looking for an Individual Giving & Membership Officer 🐝
🕒 Full-time (35 hours per week)
📍 Stirling office
Full details: https://ow.ly/Ogao50XKMj5
How can people act on climate change if they don’t know the facts? 🌍
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December 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
How can people act on climate change if they don’t know the facts? 🌍
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Breaking news: Dr Andrew Impey will be joining the Bumblebee Conservation Trust as our new CEO in February 2026 🐝
Andrew brings extensive experience in leadership, species conservation, public engagement, and strategic management.
Read on: https://ow.ly/1nTC50XHrPQ
Andrew brings extensive experience in leadership, species conservation, public engagement, and strategic management.
Read on: https://ow.ly/1nTC50XHrPQ
December 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Breaking news: Dr Andrew Impey will be joining the Bumblebee Conservation Trust as our new CEO in February 2026 🐝
Andrew brings extensive experience in leadership, species conservation, public engagement, and strategic management.
Read on: https://ow.ly/1nTC50XHrPQ
Andrew brings extensive experience in leadership, species conservation, public engagement, and strategic management.
Read on: https://ow.ly/1nTC50XHrPQ
Christmas gifts that save bumblebees. Every purchase supports our vital conservation work 🐝🎁
Bee quick! Order by midnight tomorrow for standard shipping in time for Christmas: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/gift-guide/
Bee quick! Order by midnight tomorrow for standard shipping in time for Christmas: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/gift-guide/
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Christmas gifts that save bumblebees. Every purchase supports our vital conservation work 🐝🎁
Bee quick! Order by midnight tomorrow for standard shipping in time for Christmas: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/gift-guide/
Bee quick! Order by midnight tomorrow for standard shipping in time for Christmas: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/gift-guide/