BBC News
By Steven McKenzie
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image captionA great yellow bumblebee
The great yellow is one of the UK s rarest bumblebees and only survives in a handful of places in Scotland. Katy Malone is among those protecting the last populations of the bee.
Over the next few weeks great yellow queens will begin emerging from their months-long hibernation.
Looking out for them will be the Bumblebee Conservation Trust s Katy.
She has worked for different conservation organisations for almost 20 years, but says helping to save the great yellow is the best job she has ever had . We expect to see the great yellow emerging from hibernation by about mid-May, says the Highlands-based conservation officer of the charismatic furry yellow and black bee.