Morrison's bumble bee
Morrison's bumble bee is a fuzzy bumblebee from western North America. It buzzes from flower to flower in open, bushy country. It visits so many kinds of flowers that it is a busy helper for plants.
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Fun facts
It can build its nest under the ground, but also above the ground in buildings and in thick tufts of grass.
In some places it is an important helper for alfalfa farmers, because it carries pollen from flower to flower.
It has become rare in some places where scientists looked for it carefully, but in other places it is still common.
Most asked questions about Morrison's bumble bee
?Where does Morrison's bumble bee live?
In western North America, in open bushy country. It nests under the ground or in grass tufts and buildings.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Bombus morrisoni
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Apidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Morrison bumblebee
Where the facts come from
- Bombus morrisoni (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 USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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