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When it’s cold, you like to cozy up under warm blankets, and so do bumblebees! 🐝![]()
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In late summer, bumblebee colonies produce the next year’s queens. These queens will mate and then find an abandoned animal nest or burrow to overwinter in alone. Once the weather warms up, the bumblebee queen will find a place to build her colony and lay her eggs.![]()
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Photo: Kaitlin Knudson, Aldo Leopold Nature Center![]()
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