Van Dyke's bumble bee
Bombus vandykei
Van Dyke's bumble bee is a fuzzy bumble bee from North America. Like other bumble bees, it is round and hairy and buzzes from flower to flower. It lives in a family with a queen and her many worker daughters.
Lives in
North America
What does it eat?
It drinks nectar and collects pollen from flowers. The pollen feeds the babies in the nest.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Van Dyke's bumble bee about 16 km/h (9.9 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Experts say it is not in danger, and its numbers are stable.
2
Bumble bees carry pollen home in little baskets on their back legs.
3
Their furry coat helps keep them warm, so they can fly on cool days.
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Most asked questions about Van Dyke's bumble bee
?Is Van Dyke's bumble bee endangered?
No. It is listed as least concern, and its numbers are stable.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Bombus vandykei
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Apidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Bombus vandykei (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 (c) Adam J. Searcy, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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