Cuckoo Bees

Explore UK identification guides for cuckoo bumblebees, including field, gypsy, forest, vestal and red-tailed species. Learn how to recognise their colours, markings and distinguishing features, alongside their unusual nesting behaviour. These species profiles help you identify cuckoo bumblebees in gardens and wild habitats, and understand how they rely on other bumblebee species to raise their young.