Stock Photo: Bumblebee On Prairie Sunflower - Bombus
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A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families. Most bumblebees are social insects that form colonies with a single queen. Bumblebees have round bodies covered in soft hair (long branched setae) called pile, making them appear and feel fuzzy. Like their relatives the honeybees, bumblebees feed on nectar, using their long hairy tongues to lap up the liquid the proboscis is folded under the head during flight. Bumblebees gather nectar to add to the stores in the nest, and pollen to feed their young.
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