Female goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) eating a red-tailed bumble bee (Bombus ternarius), Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America

Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), France, Europe

American bumble bee (Bombus pennsylvanicus) on standing milkvetch (standing milk-vetch) (Astragalus adsurgens), Red Feather Lakes District, Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Like their relatives the honey bees, bumble bees feed on nectar and gather pollen to feed their young

Blooming Corn poppies (Papaver rhoeas) and seed vessels with raindrops, Kleingeschaidt, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Bumblebee (Bombus pascuorum)

Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum)

Large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

red-tailed bumble bee - (Bombus lapidarius)

Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum), Schwaz, Tirol, Austria, Europe

Large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) sitting on a flower, purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Bumblebee (Bombus) collects nectar from flowers in front of blue sky, Austria, Europe

Bumblebee (Bombus spec.) collecting nectar from a blossom

Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) on a blossom

White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum), Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Bombus muscorum, bumblebee

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) in flight over a garden flower in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) in flight over a Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) in flower, Lorraine, France

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) in flight over a garden flower in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) in flight over a garden flower in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) in flight over a Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) in flower, Lorraine, France

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) adult perched with a bumblebee in its beak, June, , South France

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) adult bringing a bumblebee to the nest , May, South France

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) adult perched with a bumblebee in its beak, June, , South France

Hand holding bumblebees found dead. Depletion syndrome, toxic nectar or neonicotinoid?

Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) pollinator on poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flower, France

Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) pollinator on poppy (Papaver rhoeas) flower, France