Vestal cuckoo bee  (Bombus vestalis)

Species information

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Threats

Although this species is not threatened at present, there has been a dramatic country-wide decline in bumblebees, largely as a result of the loss of large areas of suitable farmland habitats (6). As this species depends on the presence of host colonies, it is affected by declines in the host population.

Conservation

The Bumblebee Working Group has produced a leaflet called Help save the bumblebee…get more buzz from your garden in order to advise householders and farmers on ways to help the bumblebees (6)

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