探検昆虫

Great Basin Bumble Bee

Bombus centralis

The Great Basin Bumble Bee is a fuzzy, friendly bee that loves to visit flowers. They help plants grow by spreading pollen while they collect nectar. These bees are important for our gardens and wildflowers!

生息地: Mountain regions

外見

The Great Basin Bumble Bee has a fuzzy body, primarily yellow with a distinct black band between its wings on the thorax. Its abdomen is mostly yellow, often featuring a black band on the second segment and sometimes rusty orange on the final segments, making it quite striking.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraApidaeBombus
Great Basin Bumble Bee
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Great Basin 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

Many Great Basin Bumble Bees choose abandoned rodent burrows for their nests.

Queens wake up in early spring and start new colonies all by themselves!

These bees make tiny wax pots inside their nests to store nectar for food.

They are really good at remembering which flowers have the best nectar!

特殊能力

能力

Buzz Pollination

Great Basin Bumble Bee can vibrate flowers at a special frequency to shake out hidden pollen, helping plants grow.

能力

Internal Heater

Great Basin Bumble Bee can uncouple its wings and shiver flight muscles to generate heat, helping them fly in cool weather.

能力

Pollen Backpacks

Great Basin Bumble Bee has special 'baskets' on its hind legs to pack and carry large amounts of pollen back to its nest.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
25-40 mm
サイズ
10-25 mm
寿命
14-365 日
飛行速度
15 km/h
脚の数
6
コロニーの大きさ
300

食性と食事

Great Basin Bumble Bees buzz around flowers sipping sweet nectar and collecting protein-rich pollen.

年齢による違い: Larvae are fed a mixture of pollen and nectar by worker bees.

主な食物

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Lupine flowers
  • Sunflower flowers
  • Geranium flowers

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

pollinates

Silvery Lupine

Lupinus argenteus

Buzz pollination helps release pollen from these flowers.

pollinates

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Visits the large flower heads to collect pollen and nectar.

pollinates

Sticky Geranium

Geranium viscosissimum

An important nectar and pollen source in its habitat.

eaten by

Western Kingbird

Tyrannus verticalis

This bird catches flying insects, including bumble bees.

特徴

別名

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コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Be gentle and stay calm if you see a bee. They usually won't bother you if you don't bother them.

よくある質問

Great Basin Bumble Beeの翼開長は何ですか?

25-40 mm

Great Basin Bumble Beeのサイズは何ですか?

10-25 mm

Great Basin Bumble Beeの寿命は何ですか?

14-365 日

Great Basin Bumble Beeの飛行速度は何ですか?

15 km/h

Great Basin Bumble Beeは何を食べますか?

Great Basin Bumble Bees buzz around flowers sipping sweet nectar and collecting protein-rich pollen.

Great Basin Bumble Beeは通常どこに生息していますか?

Mountain regions

Great Basin Bumble Beeはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Great Basin Bumble Beeの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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