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Bumblebee Conservation Trust
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The Bumblebee Conservation Trust is the only charity dedicated wholly to saving the UK's bumblebees 🐝

www.bumblebeeconservation.org

📷 Kate Jaconello
Bee sure to wish your loved ones a Hap-bee Christmas with a bumblebee Christmas card 🎄

📸 Photos taken by our supporters
♻️ 100% recycled, FSC certified paper with vegetable based inks
🐝 Supports our vital conservation work

Get yours today: https://ow.ly/xbMH50XlRxg
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Winter-active bumblebees: Still flying when it’s freezing! ❄

In our latest blog, Dr Richard Comont, Science Manager at the Trust, reveals why some bumblebees are still active, and how you can help 🐝 Grab a cuppa and read on 🔗 https://ow.ly/xVJo50XuzUt

#Winter #Bumblebees #Cold
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How will you use your bumblebee pin badge this Christmas? 🐝

Tell us why you love to wear yours. What species do you have? What species would you like next? Drop that Christmas hint in the comments.

🎁 There are 10 to collect: https://ow.ly/FLy750XpXSX
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Which do you think is the bee-st? 🐝

Christmas gifts that save bumblebees. Every purchase supports our vital conservation work 🤝

Share with a friend who needs some bumblebee merch or drop that Christmas present hint 🎁

Browse our Christmas gift guide: https://ow.ly/Q5n150XpXBF
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
CLOSING SOON: We are looking for a HR Manager 🐝

This is an exciting opportunity to make a positive difference in a friendly, highly focussed organisation with an important mission.

🕒 Part-time (21 hours per week)
📍 Home-based

Full details: https://ow.ly/pSE550XmZbj
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
You can raise FREE donations for us every time you shop online using #EasyFundraising Follow the link in the video or download the app today and start raising money for bumblebees whilst you shop! 🐝🎁
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Save bumblebees with a gift membership packed with bumblebee goodies:

📖 Buzzword magazine (x3 a year)
🔎 Pocket bumblebee ID guide
🌱 Wildflower seeds
🛡️ Bumblebee pin badge
🎁 A gift card with a personalised message
✨ Plus lots more!

Shop now: https://ow.ly/iaRm50XpU6q
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We are looking for a HR Manager 🐝

This is an exciting opportunity to make a positive difference in a friendly, highly focussed organisation with an important mission.

🕒 Part-time (21 hours per week)
📍 Home-based

Full details: https://ow.ly/AXam50XmZ3v
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
A little gift from us to you 🩵

Receive a FREE mug (worth £10) when you spend £35 or more in our Teemill shop! Now is a mug-nificent time for a little Christmas shopping ☕

🐝💨 Bee quick, offer ends Thursday 13 November or while stocks last!

Use code BEEMUG at the checkout: https://ow.ly/yv2k50XpS1A
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Your Christmas shopping can raise free donations for bumblebees 🐝🎁

This year, shopping via Easy Fundraising and Give as You Live has raised £668 in free donations🌼

Help us do more for bumblebees when you shop this Christmas: https://ow.ly/ZlJj50XhBvV
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
When you tell your mum you like bumblebees …

All items are available on our online shop and support UK bumblebee conservation. Tell your mum.

🐝🎁 https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/gift-guide/
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We are looking for a HR Manager 🐝

This is an exciting opportunity to make a positive difference in a friendly, highly focussed organisation with an important mission.

🕒 Part-time (21 hours per week)
📍 Home-based

Full details: https://ow.ly/PZfZ50XmYnw
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As our Beewalk season comes to an end, we’re thrilled to share that the rarest bumblebee in England has been recorded at RHS Garden Hyde Hall 🌷🐝

The shrill carder bumblebee was spotted in September by BeeWalk volunteer Cheryl Sheff on Salvia 'Royal Bumble'.

Read on: https://ow.ly/yQ0v50Xmuu6
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The bee-st gift for a bumblebee-lover 🐝🧩

Discover some of the UK’s bee species with this 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle from Gibsons.

♻️ Made in the UK & Europe from 100% recycled cardboard.

🎁 Share with someone who would love this.

Get yours today: https://ow.ly/iCbo50XcYRi
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 PM
🚨 Climate and nature need action now. You can help decision-makers face the facts.

📢 Take 2 mins to ask your MP to attend the National Emergency Briefing at Westminster Central Hall on Nov 27: https://ow.ly/UH2w50XiTmv

National Emergency Briefing #NEB2025 #ClimateBriefing #IsYourMPAttending
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Get free delivery on all our planet-friendly clothing and gifts this weekend 🐝

Your purchase will support our vital conservation work to save the UK’s bumblebees 🩵

🎁 https://bumblebeeconservationteemill.com/
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Bumblebees, butterflies and bugs are in crisis. You can help by adding your voice to the Big Insect Rescue Plan by 31 October! 📢🐝

⏰Take 1 minute to answer this quick survey: https://ow.ly/r58L50Xg852

Butterfly Conservation Buglife #InsectDeclines #NatureRecovery
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A teaser of some of the photos featured in the 2026 bumblebee calendar🗓️🐝

Reasons to love our A4 calendar:
🔎 Bumblebee ID guide
💡 Fun facts
👀 Bumblebees to see this month
🌱 Gardening tips
♻️ 100% recycled paper
🤝 Supports our conservation work

Order now: https://ow.ly/lpxg50Xe62l
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
The 2026 bumblebee calendar is here! 🗓️🐝

Our 100% recycled A4 calendar includes:
📸 Stunning photos by our supporters
💡 Fun bumblebee facts
🌱 Gardening tips
🌻 Planting guides
👀 Bumblebees to see this month
🔎 llustrated bumblebee ID guide

Get yours today: https://ow.ly/joKW50Xe5Bj
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Over £14,000 raised for rare bumblebees 🎉🐝

Thank you for sponsoring the Great Yellow and Moss carder bumblebees. Your support means we can begin our Species Recovery Framework, which is the first step in understanding what these rare bumblebees need to survive – and thrive💛🧡
October 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Only 24 hours left ⏰🐝

The Moss carder bumblebee still needs your help. Your donation could be the difference in securing the future of this rare bumblebee.

Sponsor a species today and be part of saving this rare bumblebee: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/moss-carde...
September 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
⏰ Only 48 hours left on our Crowdfunder! Help protect rare bumblebees before time runs out 🐝💛

Sponsor a species today: bumblebeeconservation.org/sponsor-a-species

Already donated? Please share this post and tag a friend who loves bumblebees 🧡
September 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Thanks to your generosity, we are halfway to reaching our targets 💛

But the Great Yellow bumblebee and Moss carder bumblebee still need your help – which rare bumblebee will you sponsor? 🧡

Please donate to sponsor a rare bumblebee today: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/sponsor-a-sp...
September 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Help save one of the UK’s rarest bumblebees – before it’s too late 💔

Please, donate to sponsor a species today: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/sponsor-a-sp...

📷 Pieter Haringsma
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September 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
📏Their long tongues mean they can feed on a range of flowers, including long, tubular flowers, like red clover and bird’s-foot trefoil.

🌸As pollinators, they play an important role in creating the rare wildflower habitats, called machair, on some of the Scottish islands.
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September 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM