Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Is this one Bombus pascuorum ?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
I am currently very wary of definitely ID'ing any of these bees, I have so many small to tiny bees it can be difficult!

I have one which I thought was the same and have given it that name, but I need to look further before commiting. There is a bee forum on Yahoo, but they are not usually very user friendly. I haven't looked any further into it, but there should be people there who know more.

This site gives some good pics, and links, Bombus pascuorum could be either of two I have, but I have named the other one B. sylvarum which seem to be in groups with perhaps male and females together, or they are two different types!

http://www.bwars.com/Bombus_pascuorum.htm

http://www.bwars.com/Gallery.htm

My 'named' B. pascuorum is very hairy around the thorax, the whole bee is like a rounded ball of hair, and it always flies alone. I have seen it last year and this year, it tends to feed on species Dahlias a lot. The others feed a lot on species Geranium, they move quickly and are difficult to photograph, in and out in without stopping. The solitary bee seems more clumsy, although it flies away quickly and moves around the flower centre is does spend time on it.

This is the solitary bee which I thought may be B. pascuorum, but it might be something else.