Britain's red-tailed bumblebees may have an unlikely saviour in solar farms

Though intensive farming has ravaged its habitat, could sensitive planting at energy sites aid the species' revival?November is when bumblebees disappear for the winter. One of the most common of the UK's 24 species is the red-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius). These social insects live in burrows, breed in colonies and forage all summer.At this time of year, the workers and male bumblebees, having mated, die off and next year's generation of queens burrow into holes in the bottom of hedges and old walls to hibernate until the warmth of spring. Continue reading...