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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee

Bombus auricomus

The Black-and-gold Bumble Bee is a fuzzy insect that loves to visit flowers! They help plants grow by spreading pollen while they collect nectar to eat.

生息地: Grasslands

外見

The Black-and-gold Bumble Bee is a large, fuzzy insect with a distinctive pattern of black and deep golden-yellow bands. Its head is mostly black, followed by a wide golden-yellow band on its thorax. The abdomen is primarily black, often with a final segment of golden-yellow.

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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee
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Black-and-gold Bumble Bee

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

Bumble bees are very important for pollinating crops like blueberries and tomatoes.

Bumble bees create small wax pots to store enough honey and pollen for their growing colony.

Only queen bumble bees survive winter, sleeping underground to start a new colony in spring!

Their wings beat so fast, over 200 times per second, they make their distinctive buzzing sound!

特殊能力

能力

Buzz Pollination Power

Black-and-gold Bumble Bee can vibrate flowers rapidly (buzz pollination) because of powerful wing muscles that helps them shake out hidden pollen.

能力

Cold Weather Flyer

Black-and-gold Bumble Bee has a fuzzy body and ability to shiver that helps them warm up and fly in cooler temperatures than many other bees.

能力

Nectar Sipper

Black-and-gold Bumble Bee has a long, straw-like tongue (proboscis) that helps them reach sweet nectar deep inside tubular flowers.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
25-45 mm
サイズ
10-23 mm
寿命
14-365 日
飛行速度
20 km/h
脚の数
6
コロニーの大きさ
50-400

食性と食事

They drink sweet nectar for energy and collect pollen to feed their growing colony of baby bees.

主な食物

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Clover flowers
  • Thistle flowers
  • Sunflower flowers

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

pollinates

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

helps plant make seeds

pollinates

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

gathers nectar and pollen

parasitizes

Ashton's Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus ashtoni

takes over their nests

eaten by

Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

ambushes bees on flowers

特徴

別名

Gold-banded Bumble Bee

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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

よくある質問

Black-and-gold Bumble Beeの翼開長は何ですか?

25-45 mm

Black-and-gold Bumble Beeのサイズは何ですか?

10-23 mm

Black-and-gold Bumble Beeの寿命は何ですか?

14-365 日

Black-and-gold Bumble Beeの飛行速度は何ですか?

20 km/h

Black-and-gold Bumble Beeは何を食べますか?

They drink sweet nectar for energy and collect pollen to feed their growing colony of baby bees.

Black-and-gold Bumble Beeは通常どこに生息していますか?

Grasslands

Black-and-gold Bumble Beeはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Black-and-gold Bumble Beeの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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