Immediately, you’ll notice that the bumble bee is a lot greater and rounder than the honey bee.
Every springtime, after the winter frost goes away, my dad constantly gets ready to plant his summer garden. He goes to the hardware store farmers markets and local nurseries for plants and seeds for his lovely vegetable garden. He mostly plants peppers and tomatoes, but he also plants some fruits as well. My mom enjoys going to the garden to take all the veggies from the vines and trees. She gets her bag and fills it up with all the goods. Typically, I visit during the summer months, so I get to participate in the yearly picking of the veggies from the garden. Although my mom is in the garden almost every afternoon, she’s still afraid of all the pollinators that come to visit there. Last summer, while in the garden with her, she saw a few bumble bees and wasn’t too thrilled that they were in the garden too. At first, she didn’t know what they were, but of course that’s because she didn’t get close enough to them. When I looked and saw that they were bumble bees, it provided her some comfort knowing that they weren’t a random flying insect. I think that was the first time that I looked at a bumble bee up close. Of course, I have seen them before, but never stopped long enough to pay close attention to them. They are distinctly different from the normal honey bees. Immediately, you’ll notice that the bumble bee is a lot greater and rounder than the honey bee. They are also fuzzier than their close relatives. Personally, I find them cuter than the honey bees, and I assume they move around much slower as well. Either way, both of them are great for my dad’s garden and I am blissful they are there to pollinate it.