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Bumblebee: Interesting Facts
20.12.2023 23:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:21
The bumblebee has a furry body. The body is covered with hairs of two colors (yellow and black).
This fur helps carry pollen, fly and protect the bumblebee's body.
What do bumblebees eat
They feed on pollen and nectar, which, like bees, they collect with the help of a proboscis.
One clarification is that the proboscis of bumblebees is longer, which allows them to collect nectar from flowers inaccessible to the proboscis of bees.
What benefits does a bumblebee bring
The work of one bumblebee is equal to the work of three to five bees.
In one minute, a bumblebee visits approximately 25 flowers, a bee - 10 - 13.
The large size of the body allows the bumblebee to carry twice as much nectar in one go as a bee.
Working bumblebees of an average family (about one hundred individuals) pollinate 10 - 12 million flowers of various species over the summer.
How many flowers does a bumblebee visit in one day
The largest part of the family is the working females, who collect nectar and pollen, and also process the collected nectar into honey.
One working female bumblebee can pollinate up to 30 flowers in one minute, while a bee manages to collect nectar from only 10-12 flowers.
Ground bumblebees can become dependent on harmful neonicotinoid insecticides, just like human smokers.
If insects are fed a sucrose solution with an insecticide added, they quickly get used to it and prefer the toxic solution to the usual one.
Previously we wrote about interesting facts about birds.
