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A Busy Pollinating Black Bumblebee

All Bee Species, Bee Species and Life cycle and Habits, Black Bumble Bee, Ecuador South America, Life cycle and habits and duties of the bee, Polination, Vilcabamba Ecuador S.America Flowers, Vilcabamba Ecuador South America Bee Life

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A Busy Pollinating Black Bumblebee. The raspberry bushes were getting pollinated by a few very busy and fast small black bumblebees.

a pinterest photo of a busy pollinating black bumblebee

Raspberry flowers

There were a few small busy black bumblebees pollinating some raspberry flowers in the garden.

raspberry flowers and a busy pollinating black bumblebee

The raspberry bushes were in flower and there were a few black bumblebees foraging on flowers. They fly around very fast.

 a busy pollinating black bumblebee on raspberry flowers

This bumblebee went inside the bush which is full of thorns and foraged some raspberry flowers.

a busy pollinating black bumblebee

The hairy black bumblebee and its friends were so busy that they were almost colliding.

a black bumblebee on flowers

There were green raspberries on the bush and flowers for pollinating.

Pollination is very important for most of our fruit and veggie plants. These are so sweet and quit large raspberries when ripe.

a busy pollinating black bumblebee on raspberry flowers

Flowers and green raspberries growing at the same time.

In Ecuador there is not much difference in the seasons and so you will get fruit on the bushes with green and ripe berries. Then they will also have flowers.

see below.

raspberry flowers and a pollinating black bumblebee

Notice the small bee or insect on the flower below and the black bumblebee foraging the flowers.

Busy pollinating black bumblebee on raspberry flowers.

Time to fly to the next flower. Notice its proboscis is out ready to obtain the nectar from the flowers.

Raspberry flowers and a busy pollinating black bumblebee

Small Wild flowers also popular

When it was finished it flew to some small wild flowers and foraged there.

A black bumblebee foraging on wild flowers

You can clearly see the pollen on her legs while she searches for nectar.

Pollen is collected by the bees because of all the hairy body and hair on the legs.

A black bumblebee with pollen foraging in some wild flowers

These tiny flowers were all searched for nectar and pollen by the hairy small black bumblebee.

A Busy Pollinating Black Bumblebee.

A small black bumblebee on some wild flowers

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January 14, 2021 · 2 Comments

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  1. Michael Dennys says

    September 9, 2024 at 1:23 am

    Are these common in North America as far up to central Alberta? We saw one similar on our raspberry flowers today. Never saw one before. Are they mistaken as Carpenter bees?

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    • Heather says

      September 14, 2024 at 1:41 pm

      Hello, not sure about north america as we are in south america. Maybe they can be mistaken for carpenter bees but these are much smaller, and more fury.

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