The causes of the recent major declines in bumblebee populations are not certain, but some factors are known to be important.    From Wordnik.com.  [Biodiversity 100: actions for Europe] Reference

The plight of the bumblebee is a matter of great concern.    From Wordnik.com.  [TreeHugger] Reference

'Cause I get to ride around on a giant bumblebee, which is fantastic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Caine: A Life Large Enough For An Encore] Reference

The smallest bats from Thailand are called bumblebee bats and are so small you could put one in a teaspoon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News] Reference

And some sock yarn in the exciting new "bumblebee" colorway.    From Wordnik.com.  [July 2004] Reference

2 Quest for a queen bee - The bumblebee is a busy pollinator, but its numbers are in decline.    From Wordnik.com.  [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference

The latest casualty is the bumblebee which is responsible for pollinating 15% of all the crops grown in the United States. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE CANARY IS DYING IN THE MINE SHAFT] Reference

Passing in front of a wall now riddled with machine-gun bullets, they raced to the roof and piled into a "bumblebee" helicopter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inside The Invasion] Reference

The bumblebee is a successful but an insecure insect. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [James K. Galbraith: First Words] Reference

Speaking of loud mufflers, whoever invented the "bumblebee" muffler should be hung by their heels!.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The latest casualty is the bumblebee which is responsible for pollinating 15\% of all the crops grown in the United States.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

He sounded like a bumblebee the size of a mastiff.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Crown of Swords]

Mrs. Scattergood buzzed like a very cross bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mission of Janice Day] Reference

He may as well have been trying to swallow a bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 15] Reference

The Admiral droned on and on like an enormous bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thief Of Hearts]

"Tuatha'an?" came a rumbling voice, like a huge bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dragon Reborn]

I want to rhapsodize aboutthe bumblebee that flies anyway.    From Wordnik.com.  [i'm okay, you're bizarre] Reference

It is a lot more aggressive than an ordinary black bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Bees Want. Save the Clover, Save the Bees.] Reference

I ended up crying in the arms of a girl dressed as a bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [What is it about animals?] Reference

Just then a great bumblebee flew by and now the call was clear.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic Speech Flower or Little Luke and His Animal Friends] Reference

His effort to be quiet made him sound like a gigantic bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Work for the Undertaker]

I think Dean -- first of all, Dean is basically like a bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 19, 2004] Reference

He sounded like a bumblebee the size of a cat instead of a mastiff.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Crown of Swords]

"Or he might get stung on the head by a bumblebee," Circus said, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shenanigans at Sugar Creek] Reference

It was doing wingovers, dancing around its wingman like a bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joint Operations]

The bumblebee flew from wall to wall in the chamber, seeking a flower.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]

I saw a singer who turned into a bumblebee and flew in pursuit of a girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ties That Bind...And Gag!]

The buzzer was snarling like a huge bumblebee above the head of the couch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails] Reference

Then there was once i finally convinced my dad to buy me a bumblebee yoyo.    From Wordnik.com.  [yanxious Diary Entry] Reference

A bumblebee blundered by Val's head on its way to visit the morning-glories.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ralestone Luck] Reference

"There were no bullets flying around, there wasn't a bumblebee flying around.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Paul Loeb: Truth, Lies and the Bosnian NAFTAgate] Reference

PALCA: About a third the size of a bumblebee genome - and yes, lice are insects.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mapping Louse DNA Could Help Fight The Parasite] Reference

A bumblebee settles on my wrist for a moment, then buzzes off before I can react.    From Wordnik.com.  [A King of Infinite Space]

He was wearing a bumblebee-yellow all-in-one covered all over with black zippers.    From Wordnik.com.  [scope, norfolk, VA, 1981] Reference

Or the bumblebee we startled when he found us sleeping inside of the trumpet flowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Escape] Reference

Her voice was a lighter version of Loial's, too; the softer rumble of a smaller bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great Hunt]

 She smiles and her legs stop twitching as we both listen to the throbbing hum of a bumblebee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kisses of a Satyr] Reference