{"id":208,"date":"2019-10-28T11:04:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T11:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2024-03-18T18:03:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:03:52","slug":"bumblebee-life-cycle","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/zivotni-cyklus-cmelaka\/","title":{"rendered":"The life cycle of bumblebees"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"208\" class=\"elementor elementor-208\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-514cd3fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"514cd3fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6662d6d\" data-id=\"6662d6d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e861aa1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3e861aa1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bumblebees and their annual nest cycle<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4cae9697 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4cae9697\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-303\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/jak-to-chodi-ve-cmelacim-hnizde\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">How things work in a bumblebee nest<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7721\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/zimovani-cmelacich-matek\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Overwintering bumblebee queens<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"nmr-administrator nmr-editor nmr-author menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4342\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/zajimavosti-ze-zivota-cmelaku\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Interesting facts about bumblebees<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-33991\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/pacmelaci-a-cmelaci\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Bumblebees and bumblebees<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-38179\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/cmelak-a-jeho-parazite-a-predatori\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Bumblebee parasites and predators<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11708\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/zavijec-cizopasny-a-cmelaci\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Vine weevil<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17659\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/zabijacka-vosicka-melittobia-acasta-a-cmelaci\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">The parasitic wasp Melittobia acasta<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11462\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/tuhyci-a-jejich-spizirna\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\">Shrikes (Laniidae) \u2013 their hunting and larders<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-38143\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-sub-item elementor-item-anchor\">===============================<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-34014\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/lipy-a-casty-nalez-mrtvych-cmelaku-pod-nimi\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Dead bumblebees under the lime trees<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-373\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/cmelak-v-jazyce-ceskem-a-v-nareci\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Bumblebee in the Czech language and in dialect<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-569\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/\" class=\"elementor-item\">Back to homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-toggle\" 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class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-33949\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/cmelaciplus-katalog-druhu-cmelaku-cmelak-hajovy-bombus-lucorum\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">White-tailed bumblebee<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-18969\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/cmelaciplus-katalog-druhu-cmelaku-cmelak-lucni-bombus-pratorum\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Meadow bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-22983\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/cmelaciplus-katalog-druhu-cmelaku-cmelak-rolni-bombus-pascuorum\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Common bumblebee<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20319\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/cmelaciplus-katalog-druhu-cmelaku-cmelak-skalni-bombus-lapidarius\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Stone-tail bumblebee<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-33966\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/cmelak-zemni-bombus-terrestris-2\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Buff-tailed bumblebee<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-20910\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/cmelaciplus-katalog-druhu-cmelaku-pacmelak-panensky-bombus-vestalis\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Large earth bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-38142\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-sub-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">================================<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-302\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/zivotni-cyklus-cmelaka\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">The life cycle of bumblebees<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"nmr-administrator nmr-editor nmr-author menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-303\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/jak-to-chodi-ve-cmelacim-hnizde\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">How things work in a bumblebee nest<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-7721\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/zimovani-cmelacich-matek\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Overwintering bumblebee queens<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"nmr-administrator nmr-editor nmr-author menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4342\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/zajimavosti-ze-zivota-cmelaku\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Interesting facts about bumblebees<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-33991\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/pacmelaci-a-cmelaci\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Bumblebees and bumblebees<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-38179\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/cmelak-a-jeho-parazite-a-predatori\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Bumblebee parasites and predators<\/a>\n<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11708\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/zavijec-cizopasny-a-cmelaci\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Vine weevil<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17659\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/zabijacka-vosicka-melittobia-acasta-a-cmelaci\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">The parasitic wasp Melittobia acasta<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-11462\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/tuhyci-a-jejich-spizirna\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Shrikes (Laniidae) \u2013 their hunting and larders<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-38143\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-sub-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">===============================<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-34014\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/lipy-a-casty-nalez-mrtvych-cmelaku-pod-nimi\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Dead bumblebees under the lime trees<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-373\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/cmelak-v-jazyce-ceskem-a-v-nareci\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Bumblebee in the Czech language and in dialect<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-569\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/\" class=\"elementor-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Back to homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19e070da\" data-id=\"19e070da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47d2b7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47d2b7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Bumblebee Life Cycle \u2013 Basic Information<\/h3><p>The life cycle of a bumblebee has its specifics and differs quite radically from that of bees, to whom it is simultaneously so close.\u00a0<\/p><p>In bumblebee colonies, everything begins in spring and ends in winter. Over several months, the queen bee will establish a nest, manage the creation of several generations of workers and then sexual individuals \u2013 new queens and males. The queen bee later dies, as do the workers and males \u2013 the nest dies out. Only fertilised queen bees survive the winter, who will establish a new nest in spring, and a new generation will come into being.<\/p><p>This is precisely why bumblebees do not produce large stores of honey, because they do not use it. People ask: \u201eWhat are bumblebees for?\u201c. How is that question unnecessary! But we will explain that later.<\/p><p>The lives of bumblebees are fragile and, among other things, are threatened due to their specific life cycle. Bumblebees must repeatedly search for a nesting site and establish a nest in the spring. Sexual individuals must find suitable partners within a limited time and mate with them.\u00a0<\/p><p>Even if they succeed, they are not out of the woods and must constantly fight for survival with other queen bumblebees, with cuckoo bumblebees, with parasites, and with adverse weather and fate.<\/p><p>Let's take a look at their life cycle today, so we can get clear on what the bumblebee life cycle actually looks like.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Also, watch the beautiful film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IKclL4xnsys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The secret life of bumblebees<\/a>, which will show you the secrets and pitfalls of their life cycle in a clear form.\u00a0<\/p><p>Oh.<\/p><div id=\"attachment_1874\" style=\"width: 1337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1874\" class=\"wp-image-1874 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cmelaci-zivotni-cyklus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1327\" height=\"941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cmelaci-zivotni-cyklus.png 1327w, https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cmelaci-zivotni-cyklus-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cmelaci-zivotni-cyklus-768x545.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cmelaci-zivotni-cyklus-1024x726.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cmelaci-zivotni-cyklus-1232x874.png 1232w, https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Cmelaci-zivotni-cyklus-1320x936.png 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1327px) 100vw, 1327px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bumblebee Life Cycle Source: Sikora A., Micho\u0142ap P., Kadej M., Sikora M. Tarnawski D. 2018 \u201eBees in the City: Bumblebees of Wroc\u0142aw\u201c, Publ. Association Nature and Man.<\/p><\/div><h4>The queen mother awakens<\/h4><p>The queen bee is waking up and looking for a nesting site.<\/p><h4>\u00a02. Nest building<\/h4><p>The queen bee is building a nest.<\/p><h4>\u00a03. Caring for the first generation of workers<\/h4><p>The mother queen lays eggs and takes care of the first generation of workers herself (solitary phase).<\/p><h4>4. Nest growth<\/h4><p>The first workers hatch in the nest and help to gather food.\u00a0<\/p><p>The queen bee is solely dedicated to laying eggs and caring for her offspring. Under normal circumstances, meaning if the workers provide sufficient food, she no longer leaves the nest. The queen lays the eggs from which new generations of workers are born.\u00a0<\/p><h4>5. Birth of sexual individuals \u2013 new mothers and males<\/h4><p>The nest will strengthen to such an extent that it is able to provide enough food for new mothers and males. The males fly out of the nest and do not return there.<\/p><p>New mothers mate with unrelated males outside the nest. Within a short period, they leave the nest and hibernate buried in the ground (so-called hibernaculum).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><h4>6. The mother queen (founder) is weakening and dying<\/h4><p>The founding queen is weakening and dying.\u00a0<\/p><p>In the nest, workers lay eggs from which a few males are born.<\/p><h4>7. The nest disappears<\/h4><p>Males leave the nest, seeking mothers to mate with. The males gradually die. The workers age and die, new workers are not born.\u00a0<\/p><p>The nest is disappearing and succumbing to decay (parasites, mould).<\/p><h4>8. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/wintering-bumblebee-queens\/\">Overwintering of mothers - future founders of a new generation<\/a><\/h4><p>In the land, fertilised new mothers \u2013 future queen mothers \u2013 sleep. How they manage, where they overwinter, you will learn about in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/wintering-bumblebee-queens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a separate article.<\/a><\/p><p>More information on the life cycle of bumblebees can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmelaciplus.cz\/en\/how-it-works-in-a-bumblebee-nest\/\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u010cmel\u00e1ci a jejich ro\u010dn\u00ed cyklus hn\u00edzda \u017divotn\u00ed cyklus \u010dmel\u00e1k\u016f &#8211; z\u00e1kladn\u00ed informace \u017divotn\u00ed cyklus \u010dmel\u00e1ka m\u00e1 sv\u00e1 specifika a\u00a0dost z\u00e1sadn\u011b se li\u0161\u00ed od v\u010del, kter\u00fdm je sou\u010dasn\u011b tak bl\u00edzk\u00fd.\u00a0 U \u010dmel\u00e1k\u016f v\u0161e za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1 jarem a kon\u010d\u00ed zimou. 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