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B. impatiens have underground nests that are 1–3 feet below the ground surface. They enter their nests using tunnels that are 18 inches to 9 feet long. [10] Unlike the nests of honeybees or paper wasps, the nests of B. impatiens do not have a predictable pattern. The bees lay egg clumps all over inside the nest instead of having one brood ...
Other species make nests above ground, whether in thick grass or in holes in trees. A bumblebee nest is not organised into hexagonal combs like that of a honeybee; the cells are instead clustered together untidily. The workers remove dead bees or larvae from the nest and deposit them outside the nest entrance, helping to prevent disease.
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B. muscorum build its nest on or just under the ground. It cards together collected moss and dry grass to cover the nest. It is this behavior that gives B. muscorum the name moss carder bee. [10] [22] It rarely, if ever, crosses sea barriers greater than 10 km to establish a nesting site.
Bombus transversalis has adapted to tropical climates and builds its nests on ground surface. It is classified under the subgenus Thoracobombus. [5] An example of a related species would be Bombus pauloensis. [6] However, Bombus transversalis is the only one of this subgenus known to build their own nests out of leaves and twigs. [4]
Bees do not build nests and instead rely on finding abandoned rodent dens, hollow logs, suitable man-made structures, or tussocks. Queens will hibernate in loose dirt or rotting logs. [8] This bumble bee is very common and has been experiencing steady growth unlike many other bumble bees that are in decline. [10]
The southern plains bumble bee nests underground. [6] In general, bumble bees are opportunistic nesters that do not dig their own underground nests, but take advantage of pre-existing holes and depressions below the surface formed by rodents or other animals or cavities above the surface created by old logs, stumps, old ground-nesting bird ...
Bombus morio is one of the few bumblebee species found in South America. [2] These bees reside mainly in the forests of Brazil, nesting on the surface of the ground. [3] They are one of the biggest species of bumblebee and are important pollinators. They are one of the few species of bees that exhibit buzz pollination to collect pollen from the ...