Bumblebees with pollen on their Butts Who Fell Asleep Inside the Flowers

A bumblebee is a social insect that collects nectar from flowers and pollinates plants. These large flying insects have a distinctive buzz and are yellow and black. Bumblebees differ in coloration, and some species have bands of red, yellow, and black. Pollen adheres to the hairs on their stocky bodies.

Bombus queen lays eggs after hibernating during the winter. A first brood usually produces between four and eight workers. As adults, these bees take over the hive’s care and collect pollen from the queen. Following this, the queen lays eggs for the rest of her life. Initially, the colony consists of only worker bees, but eventually, it includes 50 to 600 bees. Due to the large population of workers bringing in abundant food in late summer, males and new queens are produced. Unlike females, males develop from fertilized eggs laid by workers – some develop from the queen’s unfertilized eggs. A colony, including the queen, gradually dies as the queen stops laying eggs early in the fall. Moths and insects feed through this period on the remaining eggs and larvae in the nest.

Bumblebees flap their wings 200 times per second. Its metabolism is so fast that it eats almost continuously! As a result of all this activity, it naturally gets tired and falls asleep right on top of a beautiful flower with pollen all over its butt. This might be one of the cutest things ever.

#1 Certain bees actually sleep.

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#2 They are some of the hardest-working creatures on the planet, so it makes sense.

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#3 Without bees, our world would be very different.

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#4 In order to collect more pollen between plants, bees have stiff hairs and pockets on their legs.

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#5 Due to their larger size and vibrations, bumblebees are most effective at pollinating certain crops.

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#6 A plant reproduces primarily through pollination.

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#8 In the U.S. alone, bees pollinate approximately $19 billion worth of agricultural crops.

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#9 In the absence of bees, vegetables such as broccoli, watermelons, cucumbers, berries, pumpkins, blueberries, watermelons, cranberries, and apples would not exist.

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#11 There are more than 25,000 different types of bee species in the world, with over 4,000 different types in the U.S.

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#12 According to Earthwatch Institute, bees are the most important living organism on our planet.

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#13 In recent years, 90% of bee populations have disappeared, and the species has been declared endangered.

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#14 Pesticides, lack of flowers, and deforestation are the main causes of the decline.

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#15 To reverse the decline, most activists say pesticides must be immediately banned.

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#17 Bees can be restored and protected by using common sense, according to Greenpeace.

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