Stumped: Why do bumble bees need forests?

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When you think of bumble bees, where do you imagine them? Buzzing around flowers, of course! Most of us are used to seeing bumble bees in our gardens, at the park, or meadows, but these aren’t the only places you can find bumble bees.
A wild shrike with newly attached colour-bands perched on a tree branch.
A wild shrike with newly attached colour-bands perched on a tree branch.
A wild shrike with newly attached colour-bands perched on a tree branch.
A wild shrike with newly attached colour-bands perched on a tree branch.
A wild shrike with newly attached colour-bands perched on a tree branch.
Eastern Loggerhead Shrike perched on a tree branch.
Taylor's checkerspot caterpillar on a green leaf.
Digger Crayfish in the palm of a hand
Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly, view from above.
A raccoon kit wrapped in a blanket in an enclosure.
A solar farm on a sunny day with flowers in the field.
Small turtle in the palms of a WPC employee.