 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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BUMBLEIEVABLE! Short, fat, hairy and the harbinger of summer ... a new book reveals the true glory of the busy British bumblebee.
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The Daily Mail (London, England)
| Date:
March 31, 2005
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Byline: ROBIN PAGE
SUDDENLY our fields and gardens are full of the sound of humming - not happy shepherds and gardeners, but bumblebees, buzzing as they bumble along the hedgerows looking for an early taste of nectar.
They need a feed, as all the early buzzers are females - queens - who have spent the winter hibernating somewhere safe. As soon as the temperature starts to rise, they are among the first of Britain's wildlife to wake and announce the approach of...
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