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bumblebee

[buhm-buhl-bee] / ˈbʌm bəlˌbi /




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It also recorded bumblebee visits to investigate the impacts of heatwaves on foraging behaviour.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

“If you were a bumblebee, a moth, or a short-tongued solitary bee, how might you approach this bloom?”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have discovered that an insect, the bumblebee Bombus terrestris, can choose where to gather food by recognizing how long a visual signal lasts.

From Science Daily Nov. 12, 2025

They were lost within the rubble of their fire-ravaged home: loungewear, blanket, bumblebee sweater and beanie — all yellow, Tatum’s favorite color.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 24, 2025

Mother stitched my dress as fast as she could, her needle flashing in and out of the fabric like a bumblebee darting through flowers.

From "Fever 1793" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology found evidence that sulfoxaflor changes both gene activity and reproductive function in bumblebees.

From Science Daily Jul. 10, 2026

Programs like the University of Illinois Chicago’s nationwide agreements for monarch butterflies and bumblebees help companies reduce regulatory delays and help conserve endangered and declining species at the same time.

From Salon Apr. 7, 2026

Others held balloons emblazoned with pictures of bumblebees, a reference to the young girl's nickname "Matilda Bee".

From Barron's Dec. 18, 2025

The estate is home to rare wildlife, including curlew, mountain bumblebees, lapwings, red squirrels, cuckoo and merlin, as well as Atlantic salmon and critically endangered eels, but the conservationists say nature could be richer still.

From BBC Oct. 29, 2025

We hear the muffled rumble of the front only as very distant thunder, bumblebees droning by quite drown it.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque




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