Why do bumblebees shake their bottoms? 🐝 😮‍💨 This is the bumblebee version of deep breathing. Bumblebees use abdominal pumping to increase the flow of air through the trachea to move oxygen to their muscles. 🤿 It's not an automatic process, like breathing. It's more deliberate, like how a freediver performs deep breathing to fully oxygenate themselves before diving. 🛫 Bumblebees mostly use abdominal pumping to better oxygenate their flight muscles and raise the wing temperature to reach the

Shhh! This Buff-tailed bumblebee queen may have recently emerged from hibernation – so what is she doing here? 👑🎶 🔊 If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of the queen's wings vibrating together. She appears to be basking on the mossy bank as she is too cold to fly. 🌡️ On a cool, sunny day like this, a bumblebee can raise their body temperature by dislocating their wings and shivering their flight muscles to reach the snug 30°C they need to fly. This is the buzzing you can hear. 👋 Th

Get your dose of bumblebee goodness – don’t you just love that bum wiggle? 🐝 We could watch this Buff-tailed bumblebee queen grooming all day 👑 Share with a friend who needs a bumblebee top up 🔋 🎥 Helen King | Bumblebee Conservation Trust