Bumblebees

Who can tell me is this a Drone Bumblee bee or is it a Queen Bee? I found this bee in my garden by the Punga's.  It had a longer abdomen.  I also found it the next day in a different part of my garden. Do Bumble bees hibernate during winter?

Out and About With Ms K...

Driving to Glen Tui Camp.

What strange cloud formations these are, they just look like spaceships.
Maybe alien's are landing? What do you think? Or maybe it's a signal 
of some sort...

The Beech trees at Glen Tui attract the bees and wasps.

Aren't the trees beautiful? They are covered with a black sooty mould. It
looks just like black velvet.

Can you see the bee? Why do you think the bees like coming to these trees?

Drops of honeydew on the tree. How do you think the honeydew got there?

No bees on this branch it really was a challenge to photograph them.

Perfect, one big bee found...

Our finished buckets...

Making our Buckets...