Early Bumblebee Bombus pratorum

Early Bumblebee male and female
Bombus pratorum workers
Early Bumblebee worker
Queen, worker and male Early Bumblebees have a yellow band on the upper thorax, another one the upper abdomen (sometimes missing on the male) and a pink "tail."
The male (photo above left, top bee) also has a tuft of yellow hair on his forehead.
Early Bumblebee
Early Bumblebee male
Early Bumblebee nest Inside an Early Bumblebee nest (rescued colony).