bumblebee

Example Sentences

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“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

They were lost within the rubble of their fire-ravaged home: loungewear, blanket, bumblebee sweater and beanie — all yellow, Tatum’s favorite color.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2025

Buglife said at least two of the UK's 25 species of bumblebee were believed to have started nest-building early.

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2025

The rusty-patched bumblebee was the first bee species to be federally listed as endangered in 2017 through the U.S.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2024

Fyrian said, buzzing from one side of Glerk’s head to the other, like a persistent, and annoying, bumblebee.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill