The garden or small bumblebee, Bombus hortorum, is smaller with a relatively long tongue, and prefers to visit flowers with deep corollae.Ĭheck out some of our favourite flowers to grow for bumblebees, below. At least it was that way before this last big update. Anyhow, it's a lot better than farming on your home planet because the crops continue to grow no matter how far from your home planet you are. Buff-tailed bumblebees, Bombus terrestris, are larger and less agile than smaller species and have relatively short tongues, so they tend to opt for larger flowers, with nectaries that are easily accessible. But farming is even less necessary now that starvation has been removed from the game. When it comes to flower preference, you’ll find that different flowers attract different species. Once sited, she’ll start collecting pollen as well as nectar to feed her first brood, once they hatch. Newly emerged queens feed on nectar to boost their energy levels, then locate a suitable nest site, for example under a shed or in an old hole or burrow. Instead, bumblebee colonies, which are smaller than those of honeybees, die each year, with new nests created by queens that have overwintered, in spring.
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