A genus of large fuzzy bees commonly known as bumblebees, important pollinators of many plants.
From Latin bombus, meaning 'buzzing sound' or 'humming,' describing the distinctive loud buzzing sound these bees make.
Bombus defies aeronautical physics—their bodies seem too heavy and wings too small to fly, yet they do it perfectly, and scientists long debated whether the bumblebee 'should' be able to fly at all.
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