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Robert H. Starr (February 6, 1924 – June 15, 2009) [1] was the designer, builder and pilot of The World's Smallest Piloted Biplane Airplane, the Starr Bumble Bee II. [2] The Guinness Book of Records awarded The Bumble Bee the official world record title in 1985 and with the flight of the Bumble Bee II, the record still stands today 2022. [3]
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.
As of 2020, Bumble has over 100 million users worldwide. [39] In February 2021, Bumble topped $13 billion in valuation after listing shares on the Nasdaq exchange. [40] Her 18-month-old son was on her hip as she rang the Nasdaq bell. [41] In 2021, Wolfe Herd became the world's youngest female billionaire after taking Bumble public. [42]
'Saturday Night' tells the bizarre story of the stressful 90 minutes before the first 'Saturday Night Live' show went on ... inspiring Morris to make a parody of it. ... in a bumble bee costume ...
In Mycenaean Greek and Minoan myth, the bee was an emblem of Potnia, also referred to as the "Pure Mother Bee". [23] Her priestesses received the name of Melissa , ("bee"). [ 24 ] According to the Neoplatonic philosopher Porphyry , the priestesses of Demeter were also called "Melissae", and Melissa was a name of Artemis. [ 22 ]
Bombus impatiens, the common eastern bumblebee, is the most commonly encountered bumblebee across much of eastern North America. [3] They can be found in the Eastern temperate forest region of the eastern United States , southern Canada , and the eastern Great Plains . [ 4 ]
Specimen. Bombus citrinus is a species of bumblebee known commonly as the lemon cuckoo bumblebee due to its lemon-yellow color. [2] It is native to eastern North America. [1]This is a cuckoo bumblebee, one that invades the colonies of other bumblebees, kills the resident queen, and takes control over the population of workers inside.
This bumblebee can occupy many kinds of habitat, including meadows, wetlands, agricultural fields, and urban areas, even densely populated cities.It is a common pollinator in community gardens in New York City and it has been observed near the top of the Empire State Building over 100 stories above ground level. [1]