Hummel im Blütenmeer, fein mit Pollen bepudert

Eine große Hummel-Arbeiterin beim Blütenbesuch des Wasserdosts, fein bepudert mit Pollen.
Bumblebee collecting nectar from the blossoms of the hemp-agrimony
Most bumblebees are social insects that form colonies with a single queen. The colonies are smaller than those of honey bees, growing to as few as 50 individuals in a nest. Cuckoo bumblebees are brood parasitic and do not make nests or form colonies; their queens aggressively invade the nests of other bumblebee species, kill the resident queens and then lay their own eggs, which are cared for by the resident workers. Cuckoo bumblebees were previously classified as a separate genus, but are now usually treated as members of Bombus.
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