Equivalent learning, but unequal participation: Male bumble bees learn comparably to females, but participate in cognitive assessments at lower rates. Sex-specific cognitive abilities are well documented. These can occur when sexes engage in different ecological contexts. Less known is whether different ...
It is likely that when Gronckles fly, they don't flap their wings up and down, but instead they most likely move their wings back and fourth similar to a helicopter. This is how bumblebees fly based on their wing and body proportions. Gronckles originally come from Dark Deep, as mentio...
Body: Female bumblebees have a stinger and a pointed abdomen, while males do not have a stinger and have a rounded abdomen. They differ from carpenter bees, which have a solid black, shiny and hairless abdomen. Habitat While various bumblebee species may choose different nest sites, they us...
Honeybees are more slender in body appearance, have fewer body hairs and wings that are more translucent. The tip of their abdomen is more pointed. Aggressiveness In general, honeybees and bumblebees are not overly aggressive when protecting their nest. However, both will readily sting to defen...
Workers that have had foraging experience in the lab typically fly directly to the source of food and return reliably. In contrast, the flight paths of flower-naïve bumblebees are typically meandering and it can take hours and even days before they alight on any artificial patterns. Indeed,...
"Engineers say they can prove that a bumblebee can't fly," said Michael Dickinson, a biologist at the University of California, Berkeley. "And if you apply the theory of fixed wing aircraft to insects, you do calculate that they can't fly. You have to use something different." Dickinson...
(2014): Getting to the start of the line: how bumblebees and honeybees are visually guided towards their first floral contact. Insectes Sociaux 61: 325-336.Orban L, Plowright C (2014) Getting to the start line: how bumblebees and honeybees are visually guided towards their first floral...
How to Protect Our Disappearing Bumble BeesSusan Carpenter
Fill in the funnel up to a couple of inches with sugary soda. This will attract the bees to fly into the funnel and they will not be able to come out. Hang it at the most commonly invaded places like the entrance of a yard or a doorway. ...
Bumblebees can fly and pollinate in cooler, lower-light conditions than most other bees, making them critical, wide-spread pollinators — especially at higher latitudes and altitudes that other species can’t reach. Bumblebees practice “buzz pollination” by grabbing a flower in their jaws and...