Bombus) belongs to the Apidae family.
Honeybees and bumble bees alike collect nectar from flowers to provide their offspring with sugary sustenance for survival. Nectar contains proteins necessary for their existence.
Kids will adore biting into these fun bumble bee-shaped snacks! Little ones will love biting into these tasty bites that feature wings and stingers – guaranteed to bring smiles!
Contents
1. Peanut Butter and Graham Cracker Bees
This easy treat can be made by both kids (or adults). Getting your little one involved with cooking can be very rewarding, making for lots of messy fun!
Beat butter, peanut butter and powdered sugar on medium speed until combined; add graham cracker crumbs and stir well. Shape dough into small ovals on a baking sheet before chilling. Melt chocolate according to package directions and drizzle across graham crackers in lines that resemble bee stripes; insert two short chow mein noodles for antennae on each bee and dot eyes if desired – if chilled and serve.
My daughter found great delight in making these bumble bee treats and snacking on them afterwards. She especially appreciated being able to use her imagination and creativity in creating something she could share with her classmates – it made for a wonderful Saturday afternoon activity – she may ask to make more FamilyRITZpiration creations soon!
2. Chocolate Bumble Bees
Solid premium milk chocolate bumble bees wrapped in yellow and black Italian foil featuring adorable smiley faces are packaged as 6 pc gift sticks to be perfect for Spring and Easter festivities! OU Kosher Dairy certified.
Beat together butter, peanut butter and powdered sugar until completely mixed using an electric mixer in a large bowl. Stir in cracker crumbs. Shape fondant into bee bodies by shaping round balls using some water as glue; brush some melted chocolate over its body for stripes (stripes?); insert almond slices as wings!
As is true with other insects, bumble bees possess both cellular and humoral immune responses. Cellular immunity includes phagocytosis, nodulation and encapsulation while humoral responses include production of antimicrobial peptides, lectins and proteins involved in clotting cascade. Their innate immunity system can be affected by environmental stressors as well as nutritional intake; results of the study indicate that laboratory-reared bumble bees possessing these capabilities can adapt well enough to adapt in field environments comparable to wild bees.
3. Honeycomb Bumble Bees
Bumble bees are valuable pollinators of garden plants and many wildflower species. Additionally, they help control aphids and plant diseases effectively. While they don’t store as much honey as honey bees do, bumble bees excel at collecting and dispersing pollen more effectively; in particular using buzz pollination technique in which their wings vibrate to shake off more effectively collected pollen from collection points.
Bumblebees can often be mistaken for carpenter bees and other stinging bees, but they differ considerably in behavior from these more defensive species. Bumble bees typically only sting if their nest or eggs are threatened and their stings are painful but usually not dangerous unless someone experiences an allergic reaction to their venom.
Bumble bees typically nest underground in earth or under debris or house foundations. However, they can also build nests above ground in safe sheltered locations, such as old tree stumps or man-made hives. Sometimes they squat on top of plant stems to lay eggs inside a ball of pollen mixed with nectar known as a honey pot.
4. Teddy Graham Bumble Bees
Rusty patch bumble bees have short tongues, which allows them to pollinate open flowers like sunflowers and bee balm. In addition, they often pollinate crops like broad beans and marrows that we take for granted.
Bumble bees are highly adaptive insects with their long foraging flights allowing access to diverse landscapes, but may place pressure on them to visit multiple sources if a single species dominates a landscape.
Microscopy and DNA metabarcoding of pollen pellets collected from bumble bees were compared at both family and genus levels for comparison, and best correlations between them were observed for Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, and Rosaceae species.
We analyzed the relative proportions of specific plant families found in pollen pellets of bumble bees across landscape categories. We observed that bees with narrow diets are more likely to decline than those with more varied food sources, illustrating the significance of diversity when considering population dynamics of bee species.
