Hunt's bumblebee
Hunt's bumblebee is a fuzzy bumblebee from western North America. It buzzes over prairies, meadows and even deserts, visiting flowers like sunflowers, thistles and clover. It lives in a family with a queen, workers and males.
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Fun facts
It builds its nest under the ground.
A family lasts only one year. Only the new queens survive the winter and start new nests in spring.
In Mexico it lives high up, even on the tops of tall volcanoes.
It is very good at helping tomato plants make tomatoes.
Scientists have read its whole genome, the full set of instructions inside its cells.
Most asked questions about Hunt's bumblebee
?Where does Hunt's bumblebee live?
In western North America, from Canada to Mexico.
?Where does Hunt's bumblebee make its nest?
Under the ground.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Bombus huntii
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Apidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Apidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Hunt bumblebee
Where the facts come from
- Bombus huntii (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 (c) Connie Misket, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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