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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee

Bombus auricomus

The Black-and-gold Bumble Bee is a fuzzy insect that loves to visit flowers! They help plants grow by spreading pollen while they collect nectar to eat.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Black-and-gold Bumble Bee is a large, fuzzy insect with a distinctive pattern of black and deep golden-yellow bands. Its head is mostly black, followed by a wide golden-yellow band on its thorax. The abdomen is primarily black, often with a final segment of golden-yellow.

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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Bumble bees are very important for pollinating crops like blueberries and tomatoes.

Bumble bees create small wax pots to store enough honey and pollen for their growing colony.

Only queen bumble bees survive winter, sleeping underground to start a new colony in spring!

Their wings beat so fast, over 200 times per second, they make their distinctive buzzing sound!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Buzz Pollination Power

Black-and-gold Bumble Bee can vibrate flowers rapidly (buzz pollination) because of powerful wing muscles that helps them shake out hidden pollen.

Fähigkeit

Cold Weather Flyer

Black-and-gold Bumble Bee has a fuzzy body and ability to shiver that helps them warm up and fly in cooler temperatures than many other bees.

Fähigkeit

Nectar Sipper

Black-and-gold Bumble Bee has a long, straw-like tongue (proboscis) that helps them reach sweet nectar deep inside tubular flowers.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
25-45 mm
Größe
10-23 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-365 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
50-400

Ernährung und Fütterung

They drink sweet nectar for energy and collect pollen to feed their growing colony of baby bees.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Clover flowers
  • Thistle flowers
  • Sunflower flowers

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

helps plant make seeds

pollinates

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

gathers nectar and pollen

parasitizes

Ashton's Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus ashtoni

takes over their nests

eaten by

Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

ambushes bees on flowers

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Gold-banded Bumble Bee

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Bumble bees are usually friendly, but it's best to stay calm and not swat at them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Black-and-gold Bumble Bee?

25-45 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Black-and-gold Bumble Bee?

10-23 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Black-and-gold Bumble Bee?

14-365 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Black-and-gold Bumble Bee?

20 km/h

Was frisst Black-and-gold Bumble Bee?

They drink sweet nectar for energy and collect pollen to feed their growing colony of baby bees.

Wo findet man Black-and-gold Bumble Bee normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Black-and-gold Bumble Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Black-and-gold Bumble Bee?

6

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