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BUSY BUMBLE BEE |
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begin with lets take a look at a bumble bee and her distant cousin the
honey bee, with whom she is most often confused. Unlike the honey bee
the humble bumble is gentle and slow. As she trundles around the garden
collecting pollen and nectar she is quite different to her streamlined
relative who dashes about everywhere. Even her body shape is different
as you can see from the pictures. The bumble is round and furry and not
at all like her more wasp shaped cousin. In fact as you can see from the
photo there are three kinds of bumble bee, the large Queen, the smaller
imperfectly formed female worker bee and the tiny male or drone bee. All
are seen at different times of year. Only the Queen and the worker bees
have a sting.
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