Patagonian bumblebee
The Patagonian bumblebee is a large, furry bee that lives naturally only in the temperate forests of southern South America. Its queens are among the biggest bumblebees in the world. Its numbers have fallen since other bumblebee species were brought into the region to pollinate crops.1

Ho e tseba jwang
- Mostly red-orange in colour, with a completely red-orange thorax.1
- The abdomen is a lighter orange, fading slightly towards the end, and has a rounded tip.1
- The head, wings and legs are distinctly black.1
- Long bristles cover most of the body, giving it a very furry look.1
- Queens can reach up to 4 cm from head to tail and weigh around 0.5 to 1.5 grams.1
Hangata e ferekanngwa le: The syrphid fly Aneriophora aureorufa looks very similar to this bumblebee. The two have similar colour and size and can be hard to tell apart in the wild because of their similar flight.1
Matla a chefo
Chefo e tswa ka lemao le hlabang.
E kotsi hakae ho batho?
Kotsi ho batho: E bobebeJwaloka ho hlajwa ke notshi kapa ho fetang moo. Ha e na kotsi ho batho.
Haeba e hlaba
- Kgwaratla lemao la notshi o le ntshe mme o pholise sebaka seo.
- Haeba motho a hema ka thata, sefahleho kapa qoqotho di ruruha, kapa a ikutlwa a tla idibala, ke tshohanyetso ya aletjhi (allergy): letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso mme o sebedise pene ya hae ya adrenaline (adrenaline auto-injector) haeba a na le yona.
Kamehla letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso pele (112, 000, 911). Ena ke tataiso e akaretsang ya thuso ya pele, hase keletso ya bongaka. Metheo ya thuso ya pele
Dula o bolokehile
- O se ke wa ama, wa tshwara kapa wa tena phoofolo ya naheng, leha e le e nyenyane, le leha e shebahala e robetse kapa e shwele.
- E fe sebaka. Ha o kopana le yona, dula o kgutsitse, kgutlela morao butle mme o e tlohele e tsamaye ka tsela ya yona.
- Haeba e nngwe e o hlaba: dula o kgutsitse, o se ke wa sisinyeha, letsetsa nomoro ya tshohanyetso (112, 000, 911) kapa o ye sepetlele kapele. Hopola hore e ne e shebahala jwang, foto e a thusa.
Ha e o batle. E sebedisa chefo ya yona ho tshwara dijo kapa ho itshireletsa, mme e kgetha ho ipata. Ho eketsehileng ka ho dula o bolokehile
Hokae lefatsheng?
E kgolo hakae?
E telele hakae?
E boima hakae?
e telele jwaloka klipi ya pampiri
e bobebe hoo o neng o ke ke wa e utlwa letsohong la hao
e ka fofa ho tshela lebala lohle la bolo ya maoto ka metsotswana e 10Patagonian bumblebee e kgolo hakae ha e bapiswa le WENA?
Ke dipalo feela ka hara sebatli sa hao. Ha ho letho le bolokwang kapa le romelwang kae kapa kae.
E potlaka hakae?
Dintlha
It is one of the largest bee species in the world, and its furry look has earned it the nickname 'flying mouse'.1
It often visits red flowers, which most bees avoid. It can detect red through a specific receptor system.1
A syrphid fly in Patagonia, Aneriophora aureorufa, has evolved to look and fly much like this bumblebee, which may help it avoid predators.1
In the Maulino forest of central Chile, individuals living in fragmented forest have longer wings relative to their body size, because they need to fly longer distances between patches.1
Its populations began to decline after non-native bumblebees were introduced into Chile to pollinate crops.1
It is the only native bumblebee species in southern South America.1
Bakeng sa ditsebi tsa chefo
- Lebitso la saense
- Bombus dahlbomii
- Sehlopha
- Dinotshi, di-wasp le di-hornet
- Lelapa
- Apidae2
- Tatelano
- Hymenoptera
- Dikontinente
- Amerika Borwa
- Masea
- Queens lay their first eggs in a structure made of pollen and wax inside an underground cavity. The first brood becomes workers after a couple of months, and nests can hold more than 100 workers.1
- Kotsi ho batho
- 1 / 5: E bobebe3
Moo dintlha di tswang teng
- Bombus dahlbomii (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Bombus dahlbomii (iNaturalist): mabitso le tlhophiso.
- Venom Wiki: boemo ba kotsi, boholo bo tlwaelehileng le kakanyo ya lebelo ke tsa rona. Bona kamoo re di balang ka teng: Kamoo re lekanyang kotsi ka teng.
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Ho hlaba

