bumblebee

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It also recorded bumblebee visits to investigate the impacts of heatwaves on foraging behaviour.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 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

In bumblebee colonies across Europe, we found an average of eight, and up to 27, distinct pesticide compounds.

From Salon • May 14, 2024

Surveying the rusty-patched bumblebee across its entire U.S. range required a vast network of collaborators with proper permits to collect genetic samples from the endangered species.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

And when the ball meandered down from about a mile above his head, he flailed at it as if it were a bumblebee.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt