Most
bumblebees do not live in isolation, but in colonies of tens to hundreds of related individuals founded each year by a single queen bee after the winter's hibernation.
But even if
these bumblebees do okay, the flowers they used to specialize in might not.
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.Mary Kay Ash
Good thing bumblebees didn't listen to those biologists.
Not exact matches
The movie was hot and people were talking about it, but he also thought he could
do something much better given his background, so he created some stop - motion videos, such as an animated fight between Optimus Prime and
Bumblebee.
I don't wan na mention some names (some overly hyped British
bumblebees), a whole lot of some other folks don't deserve playing for Arsenal.
Did Deeney stand there in the changing room, lamenting his team mates, telling them how they had let themselves down, their family down, the bumblebee mascot down, and how they did not have the cojon
Did Deeney stand there in the changing room, lamenting his team mates, telling them how they had let themselves down, their family down, the
bumblebee mascot down, and how they
did not have the cojon
did not have the cojones?
It could even be something relatively minor —
did you pass a big barking dog on your daily walk or
did she have to run away from a
bumblebee while she was playing outside?
For instance, in the book «Ferdinand», there is a question: «If you were a
bumblebee and a bull sat on you, what would you
do?»
Half of the
bumblebees received a sugar treat before the test, and these entered the ambiguous middle station more quickly than those that didn't.
Unfortunately,
bumblebees are mobile and
do not respect international boundaries, even those established along major geographic barriers.
«Don't «bee» worried: Researcher says endangered
bumblebee populations will rise again.»
The study found that infection by the parasite slightly impaired learning in honeybees, however the parasite
did not infect
bumblebees.
I recently wrote about how
bumblebees were able to perform some seemingly impressive feats, although the underlying reason they could
do so was relatively simple.
The United Kingdom has about 250 species of bees, of which one is the honeybee, 25 are
bumblebees and the remainder are so - called solitary bees, which, because they
do not provide honey and are not as picturesque as the hairy
bumblebees, are mostly under the research radar.
Image courtesy of Andrew Martin
Bumblebees, it turns out, don't bumble.
When we think of animals
doing tricks, we're likely to think of dogs or maybe even a parrot But you probably didn't think of
bumblebees.
Out - of - place
bumblebees are already spreading through New Zealand, Japan and southern South America, and there is concern they could
do the same in Australia, Brazil, Uruguay, China, South Africa and Namibia.
Bumblebees buzz from plant to plant collecting food, and plans are afoot to give them another task while they
do it — carrying pesticides to where they are needed.
How
does a
bumblebee (Bombus terrestris dalmatinus), zooming among the frothy blooms of a cherry tree, manage to zip so quickly from one flower to the next?
While wild bees don't get the same amount of attention as honey bees or
bumblebees, they are a critical piece of the pollination puzzle.
The researchers found that
bumblebees exposed to a realistic level of a neonicotinoid insecticide (thiamethoxam) collected more pollen but took longer to
do so than control bees.
Swimming fish
do not appear to use their collision warning system in the same way as flying insects, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden that has compared how zebra fish and
bumblebees avoid collisions.
Sure, honeybees
do good work in the field and they are invaluable as providers of the sweet stuff, but it is
bumblebees we should really be worried about.
Although colony collapse
does not affect
bumblebees, they are under much greater threat of extinction than honeybees.
Unlike other insects such as butterflies, which evolved in the tropics and can handle heat,
bumblebees evolved in temperate environments and simply don't have the bodily machinery to survive the heat waves becoming more common as the planet warms up.
The Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory is exacting about using non-destructive methodologies so that researchers don't have a negative impact on the
bumblebee populations.
A large number of fruits and vegetables would be missing from our plates had a
bumblebee not
done its job.
«Some crops can only be pollinated by
bumblebees, for instance, because they rely on the specific way a
bumblebee buzzes, or vibrates when it reaches a flower, is what shakes out the pollen, and other bees just can't
do that,» Frank said.
I don't think I've been a
bumblebee before, but how cute is this costumes and for $ 15?
She's also
doing some genre fiction, too, having recently penned a spin - off movie about Transformers «
Bumblebee.
Paramount has a plan in place to make literally thousands of these movies, including the upcoming
Bumblebee spinoff, and it's going to be tough to convince audiences they should care about future movies if they don't even care about the movie that's in theaters now.
Unless of course, the first spinoff, the lower budget
Bumblebee movie can
do something unique and special.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura was hinting that the
Bumblebee movie will go back to capture the original classic Transformers spirit and taking place in the 1980s is the perfect way to
do so.
Following the release of Transformers: The Last Knight (a critical dud that has nonetheless
done well commercially),
Bumblebee promises to be the true test of just how invested general moviegoers are in the mythology and characters of this live - action franchise.
Its
bumblebee black and yellow body borders on cartoonish, as
does its monster of a rear wing.
Just 500 of these joyful little
bumblebees are coming to the US, and if you don't like attention, well, save yourself some money.
Tip: Don't spend $ 60 on a
bumblebee costume when you have black and yellow clothes at home.
The dog doesn't want to be a
bumblebee...»
As she
did this, an inordinately large
bumblebee that sounded like a small motorcycle began to accost our little group and destroyed whatever order there was in our disorderly line for the canopy jump.
The game further differentiates itself by the addition of equipment in the form of costume suits that let you
do everything from fly short distances (when wearing a
bumblebee costume) to create poisonous gas (when wearing a skunk costume).
While few of us are likely to start
bumblebee breeding programs to boost genetic diversity, we might
do well to plant pollinator - friendly gardens, support sustainable agricultural practices, and encourage the world to move from conservation into habitat restoration and earth repair as we enter 2011.
That is because
bumblebees may not receive as much attention as bees, while they seem to be
doing at least equally bad in today's ecologically stressed world, threatened by Colony Collapse Disorder and other factors that result from agricultural intensification and habitat degradation.
Saying that solar activity
does not affect temperatures on Earth is the equivalent of saying that the
bumblebee can not fly since their calculations prove it can't.
Tony G has an AGW
bumblebee whizzing around between his ears and he
does nt think / talk about anything else.
Stresses that have been associated with CCD include declining genetic honey bee variation (which
does not explain CCD cases among wild bees and
bumblebees), the invasion of exotic species, climate change and — which we reported on two days ago — a decline in flower biodiversity, mainly due to the rise of monoculture cropland.
And Don't miss Jim Steele's vivisection of the new
bumblebee alarm paper.
What I
do is look up some version of Flight of the
Bumblebee on You Tube.