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<- The garden for pollinators

Insert in the correct column, the characteristics of the domestic bee (Apis mellifera) and the bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) reported in the second table.

Apis mellifera

Bombus terrestris

There are about 300 species in the world

They use a kind of dance to communicate with each other

His "family" can be constituted by more than 50.000 individuals

The queen, just out of hibernation, nidifies in an underground hole

The large and densely furry body, make it an excellent pollinating insect

Peaceful in nature, even if does not produce honey, is used by man for the pollination of many fruit plants and vegetables

The workers are divided according to the job assigned. For example, the cell cleaning ones, take care of the cleaning of the hive

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