Bumble Bee Anatomy

As with all insects the bumblebee has what is called an exoskeleton ie. Their body plan consists of a head thorax and abdomen each containing their own specific segments.

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Males can differ in coloration from females of the same species.

Bumble bee anatomy. Bumble bee identification observing bumble bees. Female worker bees also have pollen baskets or transport structures made of stiff hairs on the hind legs. While out collecting nectar andor pollen.

From spring into to. In honey bees and bumble bees the abdomen also houses the wax glands. In female bees it also houses the stinger which is a modified organ through which the female deposits eggs.

All bumble bees are relatively large fuzzy insects. In most cases queens and workers have similar coloration and physical features except that queens tend to be much larger. Anatomy and life cycle.

Bumble bee watch is a citizen science project through the partnership of the xerces society the university of ottawa wildlife preservation canada beespotter the natural history museum london and the montreal insectarium. American bumble bee left and eastern carpenter bee right. On the head of the bumble bee there exists a pair of antennae eyes and mandibles.

Both queens and workers are female. Chitin is a nitrogenous polysaccharide insoluble in water alcohol dilute acids and digestive juices. There are three different types of bumble bees you will encounter.

Bumble bees fall under the family apidae their famous cousins being the honey bees and organized into the genus bombus. Its skeleton is on the outside and is made up of hard plates of chitin. Workers queens and males.

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