A NEW sort of bumblebee has been speckled in Scotland for the initial time in 50 years. A parasitic sort of bee, the southern cuckoo bumblebee, was detected at St Abbs in Berwickshire. More ordinarily found in the south of England, it is thought the bee was captivated to fly north to Scotland due to warming temperatures. It is the initial time a new class of bumblebee has been seen in Scotland for five decades.The insect was spottADVERTISEMENTed by Bob Dawson, the Bumblebee Conservation Trusts charge military officer for Scotland. He said: "Its hugely sparkling to find a new class for Scotland – I"m thrilled."He pronounced cuckoo bumblebees could be formidable to identify: "They see identical to alternative bumblebees – black with yellow stripes – but males of this class have sold antennae."His suspicions that the bee at St Abbs was a Southern Cuckoo Bumblebee were reliable by Murdo Macdonald from the Highland Biological Recording Group. Many class of bumblebee are struggling in Britain due to medium loss. Three of the UKs twenty-seven class have turn extinct.Ben Darvill, executive of the Bumblebee Conservation Group, pronounced a little great headlines for the insects was prolonged overdue."At a time when bumblebees up and down the UK are struggling due to a miss of flower-rich habitat, it is heartening to see that at slightest one class is expanding the range," he said. "Sadly, majority alternative class are in jeopardy with inhabitant extinction, with Scotlands great yellow bumblebee in sold trouble. We really majority goal the not a box of "one in, one out"."He pronounced it was as well early to contend either the southern cuckoo bumblebees attainment was due to meridian change, but combined that it seemed likely. There are 6 class of cuckoo bumblebee in the UK. They talk about from alternative bumblebees since they have switched to a parasitic existence. The females force their approach in to the nests of alternative bumblebees, kill or exude the black and take over her workers as her own.The southern cuckoo bumblebee is thought to aim the nests of buff-tailed bumblebees, one of the majority usual sorts of bumblebees in the UK. Despite this behaviour, Mr Darvill pronounced the attainment in Scotland was still great news. If they were you do well, it meant their host class was additionally thriving, he said.Cuckoo bees stopped pciking up pollen so prolonged ago that they no longer have pollen baskets – a concave area on their legs fringed by prolonged hairs. The find of the new bee comes as Scotland enters Scottish Environment Week, that celebrates and promotes the countrys environment.
