The Amazing Bumble Bees
The Life of A Baby Bumble Bee
Bumble bees are highly similar tot heir cousins the
honeybees. The life of a baby bumble bee starts similarly
with that of a baby honeybee as well. Supposedly, in the
Americas, the life span of the bumble bee usually covers a
little over a year. By the time winter comes, most of the
bumble bees die. Those that survive are usually the queen
candidates. These over winter queens go their own ways to
create their own colonies as the seasons change.
The Bumble Bee Colony
Initially it is the queen who starts to construct the hive
for the future of the baby bumble bees. She prepares the wax
pots for the food and the wax cells to lay an egg which each
contains a baby bumble bee. The transition from bumble bee
larvae to a baby bumble bee and to the adult bee may take up
to five weeks. During this time, the baby bumble bee does
not leave the hide and is cared for initially by the queen.
As the population of the colony grows, the queen ceases to
make the cells for the upcoming baby bumble bees and
concentrates more on laying eggs. The older bumble bees now
take over the job of foraging for the colony and taking care
of the other baby bumble bees. The baby bumble bee is well
cared for and fed by the other workers of the colony. As
larvae, they stay inside their cells and are fed throughout
the day. As they pupate to become insects, they are waited
on hand and foot by the other worker bumble bees.
The queen bumble bee controls the production of males and
females in the colony. She can be aggressive and can drive
out potential queens as well as some males. The life span of
the baby bumble bee is short enough, although, in the
tropics, some species of bumble bees can live years.
Although, bumble bees are similar to honeybees, their honey
is rarely sought after by humans. This is mainly because
they do not store as much food as the honeybees. This leads
to food shortages for bumble bees but since they are not
picky eaters, they often resolve the shortage.
The baby bumble bee has a long way to go and can be anything
from a worker bee to a male or female bee. The baby bumble
bee is initially laid by the queen to serve the colony as
worker bees or as forager bees.
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