By Ladybug47
CUMBRIA,
United Kingdom 
I have a bee question and this is hard as ive got a pic on my phone but no way to put it on here,in my daughters garden today a bee was feeding on the buddleia about the size of my thumb,hard orange upper body and black and orange lower,never seen one like it before,ty chrus
20 Aug, 2022
Answers
got my daughter to do this im pathetic with the phone
20 Aug, 2022
I wonder if it is a Hornet mimic Hoverfly. I posted a photo of one in my garden recently. Should be on my GoY photos page.
20 Aug, 2022
def not a hoverfly shirley,ive never seen anything this big,i will have a look owdboggy,ty
20 Aug, 2022
This WAS big!!!
20 Aug, 2022
I would go for a Bumblebee Hoverfly.
20 Aug, 2022
The phone ? Beats me too.
21 Aug, 2022
I'd go for the Hornet hoverfly Volucella zonaria, the abdominal patterns are a good match. It is also one of the largest insects of this type in the UK.
21 Aug, 2022
ty seaburn ive never seen something so big
22 Aug, 2022
Have a look here
https://friendsoftheearth.uk/nature/bee-identification-guide
20 Aug, 2022