Vestal cuckoo bumblebee Bombus vestalis

Features

The queen is a large bumblebee with a length up to 21 mm and a wingspan of 37 mm; the male is considerably smaller (16 mm). The bumblebee is predominantly black, with an orange collar. The third tergite has a border of yellow hairs, and the hairs on the fifth tergite are mostly white.

Species	Insect
Living space	Field, Meadow
Size	15-22 mm

Description

It does not make its own nests or collect its own resources. With its larger body and poor foraging skills, the female Bombus vestalis are adapted to taking over nests of other species which have already been made and using the workers in these colonies to collect pollen.