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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.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

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

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Common

Peligro

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Datos interesantes

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.

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

Sweet Sip Straw

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

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
18-40 mm
Tamaño
9-20 mm
Esperanza de vida
14-42 días
Velocidad de vuelo
15 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6
Tamaño de la colonia
500

Dieta y alimentación

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

Alimentos principales

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Lupine
  • Clover
  • Aster

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

Rasgos

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Colecciones

Seguridad

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Bumble bees are usually friendly, but it's best to stay calm and not swat at them.

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

18-40 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

9-20 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

14-42 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

15 km/h

¿Qué come Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

Grasslands

¿Cómo caza Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee?

6

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