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

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered that an insect, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris, can choose where to gather food by recognizing how long a visual signal lasts.

From Science Daily • Nov. 12, 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

A daisy tinged with ultraviolet petals signals to a bumblebee: dinner’s served.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2024

Aunt Goldie was out of the car as if a bumblebee had stung her—hugging Mama, hugging Daddy, hugging anybody who would let her wrap her arms around them.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles