Cuckoo Bumblebee Behavior And Morphology

Cuckoo Bumblebee
Bombus Vestalis
On Clover

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The Typical Morphology Of The Cuckoo Bumblebee And His Peculiar Behavior

Unlike Bee s the Cuckoo Bumblebee hives or nests not constructs nor numerous ways congregations or colonies, some of them are insects gregarious or sociable, very rare quality in Bee and Bumblebees, note that the Bumblebee purely solitary or asocial subgenus is Psithyrus.

False Queen - Cuckoo Bumblebee Behavior And Morphology

Queen of the Bumblebees is considered as a false queen usurps the place of the queen from another colony or hive, which invades and subjugates to put at your service. 

The female bumblebee fertilized is able to secrete very strong pheromones that can detect bees hive, then it is false queen kills the queen bee royal and supplants the bee s not detect the change as is false queen is able to secrete pheromones which are chemical messages submission for their new workers which abide by the orders of the new queen. 

Warrior And Usurper Queen - Cuckoo Bumblebee Behavior And Morphology

The Bee s workers receive chemical messages from the new false queen, these chemical messages are simply the orders for food and protection both herself and her young. The new Queen Bumblebee becomes a false Bee Queen, which is skillfully adapted and prepared for the attack, because it has strong jaws that help you more easily bend an opponents, also has a powerful poison, these tools artillery become a successful warrior and usurper queen. As if this were not a sufficient number of qualities that give enough power are also the Bumblebee females larger in size than the male bumblebees.