Q: Where do bumble bees nest?
A: According to an article by David Inouye of the University of Maryland for the U.S. Forest Service, in spring, “queens emerge from underground where they have spent the winter, and look for a nest site, often found underground in an old mouse nest or rodent burrow.”
Nest sites vary by species. Most species prefer dry, dark cavities. Some nest under sheds and beneath fallen plant matter. Others make nests above ground, in thick grass or abandoned bird nests, bird boxes, lofts and in trees.“Bumble bees visit flowers for the nectar and pollen upon which they feed, and once the eggs they lay have hatched, they use those plant resources to feed larval worker bees,” the article says.
People are also reading… The bumble bee queen produces a few generations of workers during the summer, which then take over the task of collecting nectar and pollen and help rear the final generation of the colony, queens for the next summer, and males to mate with them. By mid-summer a colony can have dozens or hundreds of workers. “By late fall, the colony has died out except for a few final workers and males, and the new queens burrow into the ground to wait for the following spring,” the article says.
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