How to Use bumblebee in a Sentence

bumblebee

noun

• The net effect is a bit less like the flight of the bumblebee.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 26 Jan. 2023
• Most bumblebees live alone or in small colonies in the ground.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2019
• Kailen has her own pack, too: a tiny one shaped like a bumblebee.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2018
• And the bumblebee was the perfect candidate for the job.
  — Katherine Long, The Seattle Times, 13 Dec. 2018
• The bumblebees thrived on nectar of the clover blossoms.
  — Dick Crum, Indianapolis Star, 30 June 2017
• Here is a link to a photo showing one of these flies on a bumblebee.
  — oregonlive, 3 July 2022
• For his first Halloween, Cooper's son was the most adorable bumblebee on the block.
  — Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 2 June 2023
• Make sure to also click that little bumblebee icon next to my thing, by the way.
  — Django Gold, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
• Then come the insects, the Franklin’s bumblebee and the Bozdagh grasshopper in turn, then the spiders, the fish, the reptiles, the amphibians, the frogs, 17 kinds in all.
  — David Allen, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• The oldest and youngest were twin zebras; Dorothy and the Tin Man; a ladybug and a bumblebee.
  — Elisabeth Egan, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2018
• The mirror brims with brightness; a bumblebee has entered the room and bumps against the ceiling.
  — Nicholson Baker, New Republic, 21 Feb. 2018
• And males played more than females (male bumblebees don't work for the colony and therefore have a lot more time on their hands).
  — Lars Chittka, Scientific American, 14 June 2023
• Then came our awareness of the afflictions of the bumblebee.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2021
• That choice has led to circus scenes, operas and one very large bumblebee.
  — Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2021
• Indeed, all bumblebees die at the end of the season, except for the queen, who stores up food and hibernates to start a new hive the next spring.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2017
• Have your children add details like birds and bumblebees, trees and grass.
  — miamiherald, 7 June 2017
• How to Help at Home Do your research on how to plant a bumblebee-friendly garden.
  — Lindsey Reynolds, Treehugger, 29 Mar. 2023
• Five Alaskan bumblebee species live in places that are extreme even by Alaskan standards.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Wired, 3 July 2021
• Mayor Brad Wiersum said the city is pleased to work with the center to ensure that the bumblebee, which was named the state bee in 2019, is protected.
  — Greg Stanley, Star Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
• But for a bumblebee trying to carry pollen back to the hive on a windy day, that difference might matter.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2015
• The rusty patched bumblebee was so prevalent 20 years ago that pedestrians in Midwest cities had to shoo them away.
  — The Washington Post, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2017
• Emily hallucinates the image of a bumblebee the size of a horse.
  — Carmel Kookogey, National Review, 16 Dec. 2019
• The rusty patched bumblebee was once common across the Midwest and Northeast but is now at risk of going extinct.
  — Kris Maher, WSJ, 14 Feb. 2017
• And in some cases, a warmer climate can open up new areas for bumblebees to move into.
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 7 Feb. 2020
• For example, when fat bumblebees were trained to fly and then walk through a slit in a board to get to food on the other side, the bees turned their bodies sideways and tucked in their legs.
  — Stephen Buchmann, The Conversation, 17 May 2023
• And depending on how a bumblebee loads herself up with nectar and pollen, her flight back to the hive might be less of a beeline than usual.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 11 Aug. 2015
• The insects that cause the most stings are apids (honeybees and bumblebees), vespids (wasps, hornets, and yellow jackets), and fire ants.
  — Michael Menna, Verywell Health, 11 May 2023
• Finally, the team rubbed flower pollen on bumblebees to create a natural electric charge and placed the bees near the worms.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 June 2023
• But this wacky bit of action fun is wildly entertaining and zips by with the good-natured buzz of a bumblebee.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• Their favorite feast is krill, a shrimp-like animal about the size of a bumblebee that can assemble in a dense swarm hundreds of feet thick and more than a mile in length.
  — Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 24 May 2017

Last Updated: 28 May 2024