The organisation behind the annual citizen science project reports that bumblebees were again relatively scarce in this year’s National Bee Count. Over 2,200 participants together recorded around 46,000 bees and other pollinating insects.Participants recorded an average of 21 pollinators per half hour, almost unchanged from last year’s 22. The survey ran from April 16 to 20. As in the previous year, bumblebee numbers remained low, with several species still lagging well behind mason bees, which once again were the most commonly observed type.