Tricolored Bumble Bee

Bombus ternarius

The Tricolored Bumble Bee is a fuzzy little insect that helps flowers grow by spreading pollen. They have a special black, yellow, and orange color pattern that makes them easy to spot in gardens.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The Tricolored Bumble Bee has a distinctive fuzzy body with black, bright yellow, and reddish-orange bands. Its head is black, followed by a yellow patch on the thorax, then a black band, and finally a prominent yellow, reddish-orange, and black pattern on the abdomen, making it easily recognizable.

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Tricolored Bumble Bee

Categoría

Insectos

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

Even without ears, they can sense danger by feeling vibrations through their legs!

Queens decide if their eggs become male or female bees, controlling the colony's future!

The queen bee starts the entire colony by herself after waking up from winter hibernation!

These bees have tiny 'pollen baskets' on their back legs to carry flower goodness home!

Habilidades especiales

Tricolored Bumble Bee can vibrate its flight muscles to release pollen from flowers, which helps them collect more food efficiently.

Tricolored Bumble Bee has a dense coat of fur that helps them stay warm, allowing them to forage in cooler weather than most bees.

Tricolored Bumble Bee can remember flower locations and flight paths, which helps them find food resources quickly each day.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 20-45 mm
Tamaño: 9-19 mm
Esperanza de vida: 20-40 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 15 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6
Tamaño de la colonia: 200

Dieta y alimentación

These fuzzy bees sip sweet nectar for energy and collect pollen for protein!

Alimentos principales

nectar
pollen
clover
goldenrod
aster
blueberry

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

An important food source for adults and larvae.

pollinates

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Provides crucial late-season nectar and pollen.

parasitizes

Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus bohemicus

Lays eggs in their nests, having its young raised.

pollinates

Cranberry

Vaccinium macrocarpon

Crucial pollinator for commercial fruit production.

eaten by

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

These birds often catch flying insects, including bees.

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.