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Bumble Bees
Fun Facts
- Did you know, bees prefer purple flowers because of the unusual pollen amount in them.
- Bees are state insects of many states!
- Did you know that honey was an offering to gods & goddesses!
Where do Bumble Bees live?
- Did you know that a bee's biome is in the grasslands?
How do they Communicate?
As silly as it sounds bees tell each other where food is by dancing! They find food, then fly back to the nest and do a little dance (or a pattern with their feet) and then some bees will follow it to the food.
What about their babies?
- Their babies are called larva, and the bees make honey to feed their larva.
Other
- Did you know that bees and wasps(related) are attracted to sweets and sugary things?
What's Inside?
- Take a look at what a bee looks like on the inside!
Food Web
- Did you ever wonder what bees eat, what eats a bee, or what eats the same thing as bees?Well this food web can tell you all that!
Symbiotic relationship
- What is the symbiotic relationship of a bee? Well it is a mutualistic relationship between a bee and a flower, the flower gets pollenated, and the bee gets fed.
Classification
- Here is the classification pyramid for the bee.
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Hymenoptera
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Family:
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Apidae
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Genus:
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Bombus
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species:
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There are more than 250
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Ectothermic or Endothermic
- Bees are actually ectothermic, ecto meaning cold and thermic meaning blood, so bees are cold blooded. And Endothermic means warm blooded.
Sources
- Google.com
- My Science Book
- Ask.com
- Wikipedia.com
- Wikianswers.com
Comments (5)
wikiuser0022 said
at 9:16 pm on Nov 29, 2008
luv how u wrote bumble bees in the yellow and black!!! :):):):):):):)
annie
wikiuser0055 said
at 12:15 pm on Dec 2, 2008
Looks good katie. I would recommend that you move the food chain down further into the webpage. Keep up the good work!
Mrs. G
wikiuser0050 said
at 7:41 pm on Dec 3, 2008
hi katie that looks great!!!!!!!!!!!!!
coco
wikiuser0022 said
at 8:26 pm on Dec 3, 2008
it looks great!!
ap
wikiuser0046 said
at 9:20 pm on Dec 3, 2008
LOVE IT!!!
so u!!!! :-)
-emma
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