Buzzy Things

I like bumble bees. Their fuzzy coat is cute, but unlike honey bees, they don't make nice and tidy nests. Few months ago, I stepped on a bumble bees nest accidentally while I was doing some measurements out here in the forest. I was totally freaked out because two of them just wouldn't stop chasing me, and I didn't know if they were wasps or what. Forturnately, they were bees. I would have got stinged if they were wasps. Bumble bees are way less aggressive than wasps.

Let's compare the nest of the honey bees to one of the bumble bees.

















Bumble bee's---real messy. Photo by S. A. Cameron




Honey bee's--- real neat!

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