Bumblebee Orange Bum. Little black bees with orange bums. They feed from a wide variety of flowers, including this echinacea, pictured, and seem to have a preference for yellow blooms.
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They’re native to southern chile and argentina, and like other bumblebee species they are social and have a queen bee. They are relatively large and robust, measuring between 15 and 25 mm in length. Bare, black and shining with a fringe of orange hairs in queens and workers.
The Red Tailed Bumblebee Lives In Colonies Containing Three Distinct Subgroups Of Bee, Known As Castes:
Black body and an orange tail. This can vary slightly to a yellow and black color. Share your thoughts, experiences, and stories behind the art.
Their Range Is From British Columbia To California And As Far East As Idaho.
2 comments matthewfuller 11 years ago. There are many thousands of species of bees that can be described as having an orange stripe, or an orange bum. The queen will seek out an abandoned ground burrow such as an old.
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Thanks laura 🙂 lauramaria 11 years ago. It has yellow bands at the collar, rear of the thorax and at the first segment of the abdomen, and the tip of the tail is white. They often nest in the ground, commonly in deserted bird or mouse nests.
Bombus lapidarius is probably the most easily recognised bumblebee species, with its black body and bright orange tail. Queens and workers have a black thorax and abdomen, with a red ‘tail’. Bumblebees are robust and hairy, average about 1.5 to 2.5 cm (about 0.6 to 1 inch) in length, and are usually black with broad yellow or orange bands.
There Are Two Other Similar Species Of Bumblebee, But Both Are Much Rarer.
They are small black bees with a amber/orange tip on thier bum. This is the most important thing to start identifying your bumblebee. They feed from a wide variety of flowers, including this echinacea, pictured, and seem to have a preference for yellow blooms.
