bumblebee

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The final section of amphibians, insects and fish, has: the Atlantic salmon, the basking shark, the buff-tailed bumblebee, the common frog, the Emperor dragonfly, and the marsh fritillary butterfly.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

“If you were a bumblebee, a moth, or a short-tongued solitary bee, how might you approach this bloom?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"We document a substantial shift in the functional composition of bumblebee communities that is tied to a long-term increase of summer temperatures in North America," the authors write.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2024

"There are approximately 50 species of bumblebee in North America, but there are big differences between bumblebees in the same way that there are big differences between songbirds and hawks," Mola said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

I spread my fingers and my hand looked like a yellowbacks bumblebee, bright yellow with black stripes.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis