Definition of bumblebee
: any of numerous large robust hairy social bees (genus Bombus)
variants:
or less commonly
bumble bee
Updated on: 12 Aug 2018
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All species, from mason bees and carpenter bees to the lovable bumblebee, are fighting disease, habitat loss and changes in climate.
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Menus, which used to be kept inside a clear plastic sheath, are now presented inside folders made of textured handmade paper, held in place with stickers of bumblebees and butterflies.
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The reduction of the bee population, particularly the bumblebee who is the most efficient pollinator, is the result of disease, pesticide use, and global warming.
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Willows accomplish this feat by offering bumblebees, butterflies and wasps their first sweet drink of the season.
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Covington also owns a four-foot bumblebee ball python, Max, and taken together calls his reptile trio Three the Hard Way.
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Flies buzz around the goose guts in my dogpot, and a big black bumblebee, and everywhere birds are chirping and singing — sparrows and robins and warblers flitting in the branches, rustling in dead leaves, busy setting up homes here on the hill.
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The owner hired an artist to paint it over with images of bumblebees, dragonflies and hourglasses — a nod to its location in the Hourglass District.
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Beyond the cockroach, other seemingly uninviting spectacles include a 5-foot-long bloodsucking bedbug, a very hairy bumblebee, and deadly red scorpions.
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First Known Use of bumblebee
1530
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: a large hairy bee that makes a loud humming sound
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