bumblebee
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For example, bumblebee cognition and foraging efficiency are impaired by heatwaves of 32°C.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
I spent 30 years consulting with investment firms worldwide, like a bumblebee moving from flower to flower.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
I was thanking my stars that I’d learned to make nice buttonholes, when the parlor door opened and shut, and someone began to hum, Kennst Du Das Land, like a big bumblebee.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the summer months.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
As well as their overheating bodies, the other issue for bumblebees is dwindling supplies of food.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Dr Richard Comont, the Trust's science manager, says that once air temperatures reach around 28C to 32C, UK bumblebees can start to struggle to fly without overheating.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Scientists stress that warm, sunny weather is not automatically bad for bumblebees.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
She was using the oddlooking stones with holes in ’em and when they flewed ’cross the tent they made a sound like one n’em fat lazy Buxton bumblebees.
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
