Hear ye, hear ye! The queens have emerged! We’re talking about bumble bees (genus Bombus). For several weeks each spring, any bumble bee you see is a queen— and very hard at work. She must construct her kingdom. Her mother (the previous queen), and most of her siblings will have perished. Unlike honey bees
The Plight of the Bumble Bees
Gardening with Native Plants: The Bumble Bee Flight Season Begins
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Some Early Spring Bees Stonebridge Allotment Society
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What are bees doing right now? Spring edition
Bumble Bees on the Skinner Preserve — Palouse Land Trust
Westmoreland pollinator group exceeds goal of 250 habitat sites for monarch butterflies
Bumble Bees on the Skinner Preserve — Palouse Land Trust
Urban Pollinators: Identifying common bumblebee queens
Queen Bee 2024 – Nature's Image Farm
Environmental threats put bumblebee queens under pressure
Eradicating the Asian giant hornet - Victoria Times Colonist