Bumblebees today in Cuckfield, West Sussex, plus a Comma.

It was a good day for insects in today's sunshine with the first sighting of a Comma in my garden.

Buff-tailed and red-tailed bumblebees were very active, feeding on a Daphne bhuola and flying away.

A tree bumblebee has decidedly lethargic; not feeding even though it was in the Daphne bush and not reacting even when I broke off the twig it was on to take a closer look.

It was put back on a flower but didn't feed.

It seems to be carrying a number of mites and I wonder how they might affect it.