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Bumblebee workers harvesting pollen on Cephalaria gigantea in the midday heat, Germany, ca. 2013.

In sharp contrast to the butterflies that lead a bohemian way of life under the wonderful blue summer sky, full of proudness and vanity, the life of female bumblebees is characterized by working, working, working ... Although they are of royal origin themselves, they have to take care for another hungry 109 children of their queen bee all the day long. To make things even worse later in the year, males appear among them that do hardly anything for the community but thinking of sex throughout their life. What a misery, what a nightmare for an emanicipated female! How can bumblebees develop their own way of creative individualism, under such poor circumstances?

Description
Bumblebee workers harvesting pollen on Cephalaria gigantea in the midday heat, Germany, ca. 2013.

In sharp contrast to the butterflies that lead a bohemian way of life under the wonderful blue summer sky, full of proudness and vanity, the life of female bumblebees is characterized by working, working, working ... Although they are of royal origin themselves, they have to take care for another hungry 109 children of their queen bee all the day long. To make things even worse later in the year, males appear among them that do hardly anything for the community but thinking of sex throughout their life. What a misery, what a nightmare for an emanicipated female! How can bumblebees develop their own way of creative individualism, under such poor circumstances?