My garden is gradually coming to life after hibernation. Soon there will be many insects, but one of them is clearly my favorite.
Maybe this species is not as beautiful as butterflies, but what can I tell you? You can almost make friends with them.
Recent studies say that these insects can recognize our face.
In the summer, throughout the daylight hours, no matter how long I was in the garden, there is always a bumblebee next to me and, in many ways, they are similar to honey bees.
It should be noted that hymenoptera (Hymenoptera) is a remarkable species of insects, since they are the most developed in evolutionary terms.
They are very socially organized and work from morning to night to feed their family.
My garden is many years old, maybe 40 or a little more. I don't remember a single case of being bitten by a bumblebee. Bees and wasps bit, it happened, but not bumblebees.
Although the bumblebee queen and the worker bees themselves can sting. But these insects are not so aggressive and attack only when protecting their nest and in direct defense.
The sting of a bumblebee has no notches, so the insect is able to sting repeatedly without harming itself. Inside the stinger is empty and the bumblebee is able to inject a small amount of poison.
Often I see yellow-black bumblebees, sometimes they are striped, but rarely there are completely dark, one might say black individuals. Scientists do not know for sure why the color is so different, but they speculate that the insect strikes a certain balance between the need to disguise itself and regulate body temperature.
