😀💗Madison's💗😀 Bumblebee report

The size of a bumblebee is from to 2cm to 4cm long. The bumblebee has fur, the colour of the fur is yellow and black. Bumblebees have 2 antennae, 2 pairs of wings, 1 thorax, 1 abdomen, 1 head and 6 pairs of legs. The scientific name for a bumblebee is Apis.

Bumblebees favourite places to live in the world are Africa , Northern Europe , Eastern India, China, America and New Zealand. Bumblebees live in underground rodent holes. Most underground rodent holes are made out of thick grass and some are made in bird boxes.

The lifecycle for a bumblebee starts off as a queen egg being laid. Its an egg for 2-3 days. After 2-3 days the egg hatches into a larvae. It stays a larvae for 4-5 weeks. Next it turns into a pupa. The pupa is the stage before adult. The pupa stays a pupa for 16 weeks. Then the last stage is an adult bumblebee. The male bumblebees come together to find a mate. The males fly over areas marking flowers and trees.

Bumblebees eat nectar, pollen and honey. Bumblebees predators are badgers which use their strong claws to dig up up nests and eat their food stores. Spiders are also their enemies as well, they wait on a flower for a bumblebee to come along and then the spider eats it. Wasps are also very nasty because they lay their eggs in bumblebees nests.

Bumblebees are special because they're one of the insects that can collect nectar and pollen. There are 275 different kinds of bumblebees. Bumblebees have smelly feet because there covered in oily film. So when they land on a flower they leave a smelly footprint behind. The other bumblebees can smell the oil and that makes them not to land on the same flower.