DO BUMBLEBEES MAKE HONEY?

Yes they do. Although, the honey you buy is made by honeybees, their Bumble cousins do make small caches of their own. In the 19th Century, children raiding bumblebee nests for a honey fix was a cultural norm in some places and frequently recorded, sometimes in poetic form:

“Rig a jig, you bumble-bee,
Make some honey sweet for me,
Then fly away and make some more,
To add to what you have in store,
And just as sure as you’re alive,
I’ll make a visit to your hive,
And thank you bumble-bee so bold,
For making honey bright as gold.”

From: Jingles and Joys for Wee Girls and Boys, 1909
Quoted in Buzz by Thor Hansen.
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