U.K. bee parade (and a redbreast)

So many British bees, so little time to count them. The star attraction in my mother's garden  in England was this bumble bee queen who showed up on the eve of  Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee.

I think she was a white-tailed bumble bee (Bombus lucorum)--or maybe a buff-tailed (Bombus terrestris).
According to British bumble bee conservation websitea,  buff-tailed queens are very large and common in early spring, and the workers have largely white tails "but usually with a hint of buff at the front margin." Hmm. It does look as if this large queen has a hint of buff in her tail, and she showed up June 1, so still in the official window of spring.

Either way, she was one of the largest, most beautiful bumble bee queens I have ever seen!

This fantastic lupine was the star attraction in my mother's garden, though I'm not sure how well it will fare, given that there are lumps of chalk in the soil, the minute you dig beneath the surface.

This was the other star attraction--a lupine with yellow and orange petals!

Meanwhile, over on the Scabiosa (candytuft plants), I encountered what I believe is  a red-tailed  bumble bee: Bombus lapidarius is said to be very common on chalk downland and is distinguished from the much rarer red carder bee by black hairs of pollen basket on its hind leg. Either way, its front stripes were baby chick yellow, its tail  burnt orange-red.

I don\'t know who this bee is: the reddish yellow head, bright yellow stripes, darkly veinated wings. 

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This was clearly a honey bee on a buttercup-yellow flower.

But who is this on the forget-me-knots? And is it the same as the bee below, who has a redder-looking stripe?

More questions than answers, at this point.

But this is definitely a robin redbreast, much smaller and friendlier than the American  robin!
This little fellow showed up as I was clearing piles of garden clippings from my mother's garden. He was quick to grab some newly unearthed slugs and snails, returned to gather a blade of grass., and didn't seem the least bit afraid.