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Sonoran Bumble Bee

Bombus sonorus

The Sonoran Bumble Bee is a fuzzy, friendly insect that helps flowers grow by spreading pollen. They are great at buzzing around and are often seen in gardens during the warm months.

Lebensraum: Desert

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The Sonoran Bumble Bee is a large, fuzzy insect with a black body, distinguished by bright yellow hairs on its head and upper thorax. It often has a unique rusty-orange or yellow band across its mid-abdomen, making it visually distinct from other dark bees in its desert habitat.

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Sonoran Bumble Bee
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Sonoran Bumble Bee

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A queen Sonoran Bumble Bee can lay hundreds of eggs, starting a whole new colony each year.

Bumble bees have tiny, hairy eyes that help them catch and carry more pollen grains!

Some bumble bees create small wax pots inside their nest to store extra nectar for future use.

These bees can navigate using landmarks and even the sun's position, like a tiny GPS!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Buzz Pollination Power

Sonoran Bumble Bee can shake pollen free from flowers using special wing muscle vibrations, which helps them collect more food for their colony.

Fähigkeit

Desert Thermostat

Sonoran Bumble Bee has powerful flight muscles that help them warm up their bodies to fly even when the desert air is cool in the mornings.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
25-50 mm
Größe
10-25 mm
Lebenserwartung
20-365 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
18 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
200

Ernährung und Fütterung

Sonoran Bumble Bees sip sugary nectar for energy and gather protein-rich pollen from desert flowers.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • creosote bush flowers
  • mesquite flowers
  • prickly pear cactus flowers

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Creosote Bush

Larrea tridentata

Visits its bright yellow flowers for nectar and pollen.

pollinates

Honey Mesquite

Prosopis glandulosa

Helps fertilize this important desert tree's blossoms.

eaten by

Loggerhead Shrike

Lanius ludovicianus

Sometimes captured by this predatory bird for a meal.

parasitizes

Crithidia Parasite

Crithidia bombi

A gut parasite that can weaken and shorten the bee's life.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Be gentle and calm around bees; they usually won't sting if you don't bother them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Sonoran Bumble Bee?

25-50 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Sonoran Bumble Bee?

10-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Sonoran Bumble Bee?

20-365 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Sonoran Bumble Bee?

18 km/h

Was frisst Sonoran Bumble Bee?

Sonoran Bumble Bees sip sugary nectar for energy and gather protein-rich pollen from desert flowers.

Wo findet man Sonoran Bumble Bee normalerweise?

Desert

Wie jagt Sonoran Bumble Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Sonoran Bumble Bee?

6

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