Conservation & Education

Protecting bumblebees and their habitats

Bumblebees are beautiful, important pollinators of wildflowers and crops. Three species are extinct and nine more are threatened — they need our help.

Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus)

The beautiful Great Yellow Bumblebee (Bombus distinguendus) is on the brink of extinction and urgently needs our help!

Bombus hypnorum

Named 'le bee' by the media, Bombus hypnorum recently arrived in the UK from France. BBCT are monitoring its spread