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Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Bombus flavifrons

The Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee is a fuzzy little insect with bright yellow markings on its face. They are important pollinators, helping flowers grow by spreading pollen as they buzz from bloom to bloom.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee has a distinctive furry body with a bright yellow patch on its head and the front of its thorax. A black band separates its wings, followed by yellow and black stripes on its abdomen, often ending with a rusty or yellow tail.

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Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee
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Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A queen bumble bee starts her entire colony all by herself in the spring!

Bumble bees visit thousands of flowers a day to collect nectar and pollen!

Their fuzzy bodies act like tiny warm coats, keeping them toasty in cool weather.

They can tell other bees about good flower patches using scent markers.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Buzz Pollination Power

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee can vibrate its flight muscles to 'buzz' certain flowers, shaking out hidden pollen that other bees can't reach.

Fähigkeit

Cold Weather Flyer

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee has special muscles it can shiver to warm its body, allowing it to forage in cooler weather than most bees.

Fähigkeit

Sweet Sip Straw

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee can extend its long, straw-like tongue (proboscis) to reach sweet nectar hidden deep inside complex flowers.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
18-40 mm
Größe
9-20 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-42 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
15 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6
Koloniegröße
500

Ernährung und Fütterung

These fuzzy bees sip sweet nectar for energy and gather pollen for their growing babies.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Lupine
  • Clover
  • Aster

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Helps this plant reproduce by carrying pollen.

pollinates

Bigleaf Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus

An important pollinator for this colorful wildflower.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Sometimes caught and eaten by this agile bird.

parasitizes

Thick-headed Fly

Physocephala tibialis

Its larvae develop inside the bumble bee's body.

Merkmale

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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 Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

18-40 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

9-20 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

14-42 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

15 km/h

Was frisst Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

These fuzzy bees sip sweet nectar for energy and gather pollen for their growing babies.

Wo findet man Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

6

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