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Brown-belted Bumble Bee

Bombus griseocollis

The Brown-belted Bumble Bee is a fuzzy little insect that helps flowers grow by spreading pollen. They are friendly and love to buzz around gardens and fields, making them important for nature!

Lebensraum: Grasslands

Aussehen

The Brown-belted Bumble Bee has a mostly black body with a distinctive brown-orange band across its second abdominal segment. Its thorax is typically covered in yellow hairs, and its head is mostly black. This coloration helps distinguish it from other bumble bee species.

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Brown-belted Bumble Bee

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Wow! A queen bumble bee can live for up to a year, but her workers only live a few weeks.

Wow! Bumble bees build their nests underground, often in old rodent burrows, keeping them safe!

Wow! Some bumble bees 'rob' nectar by biting holes in flowers that are too deep to reach.

Wow! These bees can learn and remember which flowers are the best sources of nectar and pollen.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Pollen Shaker

Brown-belted Bumble Bee can buzz rapidly to shake pollen from flowers, helping them gather more food.

Fähigkeit

Internal Heater

Brown-belted Bumble Bee can shiver its muscles to warm up, allowing it to fly in cooler weather than many other insects.

Fähigkeit

Nectar Tank

Brown-belted Bumble Bee has a special stomach to store nectar, letting it carry sweet treats back to its colony.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
20-35 mm
Größe
9-18 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-45 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
18 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
200

Ernährung und Fütterung

These busy bees sip sweet nectar for energy and gather pollen for protein!

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • clover
  • thistle
  • goldenrod

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Canada Thistle

Cirsium arvense

Visits thistle flowers, helping them make seeds.

pollinates

Common Milkweed

Asclepias syriaca

Feeds on nectar and pollen from milkweed flowers.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Adult bees can be caught and eaten by these birds.

parasitizes

Conopid Fly

Physocephala tibialis

Flies lay eggs inside bees, and larvae eat them from within.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Brown Bumble Bee

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Brown-belted Bumble Bee?

20-35 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Brown-belted Bumble Bee?

9-18 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Brown-belted Bumble Bee?

20-45 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Brown-belted Bumble Bee?

18 km/h

Was frisst Brown-belted Bumble Bee?

These busy bees sip sweet nectar for energy and gather pollen for protein!

Wo findet man Brown-belted Bumble Bee normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Brown-belted Bumble Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Brown-belted Bumble Bee?

6

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