Perplexing bumble bee
The perplexing bumble bee is a fuzzy black and yellow bee from the north of North America. The workers are hairy with lots of yellow, and the queen is bigger and mostly black. It buzzes from flower to flower in forests, wetlands and gardens.
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Fun facts
The queen can be up to about 2 centimetres long, much bigger than her workers.
Its jaws have reddish tips.
It lives in many places, from the cold tundra and taiga to city gardens.
Another bee, Fernald's cuckoo bumblebee, may use its nest to raise its own young.
Most asked questions about Perplexing bumble bee
?What flowers do perplexing bumble bees like?
Bellflowers, thistles, honeysuckles, penstemons and linden trees, among many others.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Bombus perplexus
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Apidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Confusing bumblebee
Where the facts come from
- Bombus perplexus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by John Baker. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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