Below are Fun Facts About... Bees & Other Pollinators!
According to buzzaboutbees.net, there are approximately 25,000 (thousand!) species of bee world wide. What?!
A colony of honey bees normally consists of 50,000-60,000 bees. Found on buzzaboutbees.net
There is indeed a type of parasitic bumblebee. It tends to invade the nests of other bumble bees like its kind. Found on buzzaboutbees.net
Carpenter bees are very aggressive, although they can't sting you. Found on pestworld.org
Baldfaced hornets are very aggressive, but are actually beneficial to the environment due to the fact that they keep several different insect species in check. Found on pestworld.org
Velvet ants, which are actually a type of wasp, can kill cows because their sting is so strong! Found on pestworld.org
According to the USDA on their page about Wasp Pollination, Minute Fig Wasps play a key role in their tropical environments! They pollinate approximately 1,000 different species of fig.
Several species of flies, and also wasps, tend to look a lot like an actual bee. A bee has two sets of wings while a fly only has one set of wings. Found on fs.fed.us