Red-Tailed Bumblebee
This appears to be a red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius, according to the Bumblebee Conservation site. It was certainly very happy on the chives and carefully went from flower to flower collecting the nectar.
A pictorial record of non-human visitors to the Marsh Lane Allotment site in West Berkshire. Click on images to enlarge
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