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

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

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

A school bus is a bumblebee, buzzing around with a bunch of stingers on the inside of it.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds