Have you ever watched a bumblebee flying and thought, ‘how do these cute fluff balls do it?’ 🤔 Let’s shed some light on bumblebee flight: ⏱️ Bumblebees have four wings: two forewings and two hindwings. They can flap their wings up to 200 times per second – fast enough to fan flowerheads and sweep fallen petals across the ground. 🚁 Have you ever heard, “According to physics, bumblebees shouldn’t be able to fly”? This false statement assumes bumblebees fly without moving their wings, like a plan

How much do you know about the bumblebee lifecycle? ❄️ Bumblebee queens spend the entire winter hibernating alone. 🌷 When a queen first emerges from hibernation in spring, she feeds on flowers, drinking nectar to gain energy. 🏠 Then begins the search for a suitable nest site: holes in the ground, long grass, bird boxes and beneath garden sheds. 🌼 Having chosen her nest site, the queen will collect pollen and nectar from flowers, and lay her first batch of eggs. 🐛 Little white larvae hatch, w