bee for id please

[threadspider]

I have been trying to photograph this for ages-I don't think it is Bombus pascuorum-it is smaller than the others I have seen regularly in the garden-but I suppose it might just be a small worker. I was wondering about Anthophora furcata? It is just over the cm in length and very active.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Judith

[Matt Smith]

Definately a Bombus, eyes far too small for Anthophora.

[threadspider]

Thanks Matt- I should have been able to work that out. It's all part of the learning process And I have learned a HUGE amount this summer.

[eucera]

Clearly a Bombus hypnorum!

[threadspider]

Well knock me down with a feather, Eucera. I wasn't thinking along those lines at all. I guess it is a faded specimen, quite pale compared to the Queen I posted earlier in the summer. I have other images but nothing great. The tail is greyish and it was small-smaller than the B. pascuorums and the B. lapidarius males feeding near it. I can't find any size references from a quick search on the internet. I guess that reflects the variabiltiy of bee sizes even within a species.
Judith

[JRsbugs]

Ummm, I think if you look closer Stuart you will see it's a faded Bombus pascuorum.

Janet