**Description:** Fuzzy, golden-brown insects with black stripes; essential pollinators for forest wildflowers and crops.
**Size:** Workers are 0.5 inches; Queens are larger.
**Sexual Dimorphism:** Drones (males) have massive eyes and no stingers; Workers (females) have pollen baskets and stingers.
**Behavior:** Live in highly organized colonies. They communicate the location of floral resources via a complex "waggle dance."
**Habitat:** Meadows and forest openings where flowers are abundant.