Sitka Bumble Bee

Bombus sitkensis

The Sitka Bumble Bee is a fuzzy little insect that loves to buzz around flowers. They help plants grow by spreading pollen, making them super important for nature!

Hábitat: Forests

Aspecto

The Sitka Bumble Bee has a fuzzy body with bright yellow and black stripes, often featuring a striking reddish-orange band near the tip of its abdomen. Its head and thorax are usually mostly yellow, making it quite colorful and distinct from other bees.

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Sitka Bumble Bee

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Snaps

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Datos interesantes

A queen Sitka Bumble Bee starts an entire new colony all by herself each spring!

Bumble bees have five eyes, two big ones and three tiny ones in the middle!

Each bumble bee has a unique scent, like a secret family password, for its nest!

They use their long tongues like straws to sip sweet nectar from deep flowers!

Habilidades especiales

Sitka Bumble Bee can vibrate its flight muscles to shake pollen from flowers, helping them collect more food faster.

Sitka Bumble Bee has a fuzzy coat and can shiver its muscles to generate heat, allowing it to fly in cooler temperatures.

Sitka Bumble Bee has a special honey stomach to carry nectar back to its nest, providing food for the whole colony.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 25-40 mm
Tamaño: 12-20 mm
Esperanza de vida: 20-45 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 15 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6
Tamaño de la colonia: 250

Dieta y alimentación

They drink nectar for energy and eat pollen for protein from many types of flowers!

Alimentos principales

flower nectar
flower pollen
honeydew

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Fireweed

Epilobium angustifolium

Helps fireweed reproduce in its subalpine habitats.

eaten by

Black-billed Magpie

Pica hudsonia

Magpies may prey on foraging bees or their nests.

parasitizes

Indolent Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus insularis

Cuckoo bumble bees lay eggs in Sitka Bee nests, using their workers.

depends on

Arctic Lupine

Lupinus arcticus

Relies on its nectar and pollen for food and colony growth.

Rasgos

Peludo

Peludo describe a los animales que poseen una cubierta densa de pelo o pelaje suave.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.