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A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct related genera (e.g., Calyptapis) are known from fossils.
Native bees like bumble bees play critical roles as pollinators. Learn 5 fun facts about bumble bees and how you can support them.
Bumblebees are large, hairy bees and are close relatives of the well-known honeybee. Most species of bumblebee live in colonies, but their colonies are much smaller than the honey bees or wasps who can have up to several thousand individuals, the bumblebee colony will only consist of around 50 – 150 individuals.
Bumblebee is the common name for any member of the insect genus Bombus. They occur over much of the world but are most common in temperate climates. Bumblebees are robust and hairy, often black with yellow or orange stripes. Most are social insects and commonly nest in the ground.
Bumblebees are large, fuzzy insects with short, stubby wings. They are larger than honeybees, but they don't produce as much honey. However, they are very important pollinators....
Bumblebees are furry, round insects that live mostly in temperate climates in the Northern Hemisphere. There are more than 250 species of bumblebees, belonging to the genus Bombus (honeybees ...
Bumblebees have a fascinating lifecycle. During spring and summer, they are social creatures, living in a nest created by a queen to raise her offspring with the help of her smaller worker daughters. Then, during winter, only the queens survive by hibernating alone, usually underground.
Bumblebees (of the genus Bombus) are common native bees and important pollinators in most areas of North America. In spring, queens emerge from underground where they have spent the winter, and look for a nest site, often found underground in an old mouse nest or rodent burrow.
How to identify bumblebees. The first thing to know is that there are 24 different species of bumblebee in the UK. These 24 are made up of 18 social species with queen, worker and male forms (which we call castes), and 6 cuckoo species which only have female and male castes.
This step by step guide provides you with all the information you will need to find, capture, house, and feed the next generation of bumble bees. Bumble bees are formidable pollinators, pollinating crops such as tomatoes, cranberries, blueberries, and squash, in addition to native wildflowers.