The No. 4 fact that most people don’t know about bumblebees is that not all of them are just yellow and black. Some bumbles have orange and black stripes, whereas others have white stripes in addition to yellow and black ones. Bumblebees are always fuzzy, so it is easy not to confuse them with carpenter bees that are smooth and shiny. You can see the difference between the two types of bees in the photo above; the shiny black carpenter bee is flying on the right and the fuzzy, striped bumblebee is drinking nectar from a flower on the left.
