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Furrow Bees

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Furrow bees are tiny, buzzing creatures that help plants grow by spreading pollen. They love to dig in the ground to make their homes and are super important for our gardens!

Lebensraum: Furrow bees live in gardens, fields, and open areas with flowers.

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The Furrow Bee has a sleek, often metallic body that can be black, greenish, or even bluish, with light bands sometimes visible on its abdomen. Its head and thorax are usually covered in fine, sparse hairs, distinguishing it from fuzzy bumblebees.

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Furrow Bees
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Furrow Bees

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Queen Furrow Bees hibernate all winter, emerging in spring to start new families!

Some Furrow Bees shimmer with beautiful metallic green or blue colors!

They are called 'sweat bees' because they are attracted to the salt in human sweat!

They build cozy underground nests, sometimes sharing an entrance with neighbors!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Underground Architects

Furrow Bees can dig intricate tunnels in the soil because it provides a safe, temperature-controlled nursery for their developing young.

Fähigkeit

Sweat Sippers

Furrow Bees can land on humans and animals to sip sweat, because it provides them with vital salts and minerals for their diet.

Fähigkeit

Flexible Families

Furrow Bees can live alone or in small family groups, because some species exhibit primitive social behavior where daughters help their mother.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
7-15 mm
Größe
4-10 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-365 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
10 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
1-50

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny bees sip flower nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their growing babies.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat stored pollen and nectar collected by the mother; adults forage for themselves.

Hauptnahrung

  • flower nectar
  • flower pollen

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Helps fertilize this popular flower, leading to seed production.

pollinates

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Visits these common lawn flowers, aiding their reproduction.

eaten by

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Sometimes ambushed by this camouflaged spider while visiting flowers.

parasitizes

Cuckoo Bee

Sphecodes monilicornis

Lays its eggs in Furrow Bee nests, stealing their pollen provisions.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Ground BeesMiner BeesSweat Bees

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Furrow Bees?

7-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Furrow Bees?

4-10 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Furrow Bees?

30-365 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Furrow Bees?

10 km/h

Was frisst Furrow Bees?

These tiny bees sip flower nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their growing babies.

Wo findet man Furrow Bees normalerweise?

Furrow bees live in gardens, fields, and open areas with flowers.

Wie jagt Furrow Bees?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Furrow Bees?

6

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