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White-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus lucorum

The White-tailed Bumble Bee is a fuzzy, friendly insect that loves to visit flowers. They help plants grow by spreading pollen, making them very important for nature!

Lebensraum: Gardens

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The White-tailed Bumble Bee has a stout, fuzzy body adorned with distinct black and bright yellow bands. Its most distinguishing feature is the pure white 'tail' or tip of its abdomen, which clearly contrasts with its black midsection, making it easily identifiable from similar species.

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White-tailed Bumble Bee

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A single queen can start a brand-new colony all by herself!

Bumble bees are super important for pollinating many of our favorite berries!

They navigate using invisible patterns of light in the sky, like a secret map!

They often make their cozy nests underground, sometimes in old mouse holes.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Buzz Pollination Power

White-tailed Bumble Bee can 'buzz pollinate' by vibrating its flight muscles, releasing pollen from flowers that other bees can't access.

Fähigkeit

Internal Thermostat

White-tailed Bumble Bee has the ability to shiver its flight muscles, warming its body to fly and forage even on cool mornings.

Fähigkeit

Long-Tongue Feeder

White-tailed Bumble Bee has a long proboscis (tongue) that helps it reach nectar deep inside tubular flowers, accessing food others miss.

Fähigkeit

Navigation Navigator

White-tailed Bumble Bee can use the sun's position and polarized light to accurately find its way back to the nest.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
25-40 mm
Größe
11-22 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-28 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
400

Ernährung und Fütterung

They sip sugary nectar for energy and gather protein-rich pollen for their babies.

Hauptnahrung

  • nectar
  • pollen
  • clover flowers
  • thistle flowers
  • heather flowers

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

White Clover

Trifolium repens

An important nectar and pollen source for the bee.

pollinates

Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

The bee's long tongue reaches nectar deep in its bell-shaped flowers.

parasitizes

Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus bohemicus

This cuckoo bee invades nests and lays its own eggs.

eaten by

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

A predatory bird known to feed on larger insects like bumble bees.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

White-tailed Bumblebee

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Bumble bees are usually friendly, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von White-tailed Bumble Bee?

25-40 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von White-tailed Bumble Bee?

11-22 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von White-tailed Bumble Bee?

14-28 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von White-tailed Bumble Bee?

20 km/h

Was frisst White-tailed Bumble Bee?

They sip sugary nectar for energy and gather protein-rich pollen for their babies.

Wo findet man White-tailed Bumble Bee normalerweise?

Gardens

Wie jagt White-tailed Bumble Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von White-tailed Bumble Bee?

6

Snap-Karte

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