Species Cards

Bumble Bee

Bombus species

Group:

Animal, Invertebrate (minibeast)

Bumble bee (Bombus species). William Milliken

© William Milliken

Bumble bee (Bombus species)

Food chain :

Herbivore

What it eats :

Nectar and pollen.

Eaten by:

Spiders

Habitat:

Wildflower grasslandWildflower grassland

Description:

Bumble bees are large and hairy. They live in small colonies, often nesting in old mouse holes. The worker bees bring nectar and pollen back to the nest to feed the young grubs (larvae).


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