Bellicose bumble bee
The bellicose bumble bee is a fluffy bumblebee from South America. It has a yellow back, dark wings and a black and orange bottom. It buzzes from flower to flower in grasslands, collecting nectar and pollen.
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Fun facts
It builds its nest underground, under soil and fallen leaves.
It is a great pollinator. In Uruguay it helps red clover make more seeds.
On one trip it usually visits only one or two kinds of flowers, which saves it time.
It has long hairs on its back legs for carrying pollen home.
Tiny mites sometimes ride on it to travel to a new nest, and they like to ride on the queens most.
Most asked questions about Bellicose bumble bee
?What does the bellicose bumble bee eat?
Nectar from flowers such as red clover, plus pollen for its babies.
?Is the bellicose bumble bee in danger?
It has disappeared from part of southern Brazil where it used to live, partly because its grasslands are shrinking.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Bombus bellicosus
- Named by
- Smith, 1879
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Apidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
- Lives on
- South America
- Also known as
- Bellicose bumblebee
Where the facts come from
- Bombus bellicosus (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 María Zeta. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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