Is bee a short name for bumblebee?
No, when most people refer to bees they are referring to honeybees. Honeybees make honey, Bumblebees, don’t a few other bee species can but we don’t use it. Honeybees live in colonies of 50,000-60,000 individuals, bumble bees live in colonies of 100-200 individuals Honeybees nest in trees, bumblebees nest in the ground (because of this they are more endangered of being killed by pesticides) Honeybees usually die after they sting, bumblebees don’t. Bumblebees are three times larger Bumbles are black and yellow while honeybees are golden brown and yellow (this called aposematism, coloration that warns predators that the animal is poisonous if eaten, capable of biting or stinging, or tastes bad) Bumblebees wings are too small to make them fly so they actually exploit thermals (channels of hot air) to stay afloat.
