Bumble bees have a fuzzy abdomen and the Carpenter Bee has a shiny abdomen. General Bumble Bee Information. The Bumble Bee is a big, hairy, black and yellow bee whose size can range from 3/4 inch to 1 1/2 inch.This insect is often mistaken for a carpenter bee, which closely resembles the bumble bee in appearance. Carpenter bees have a shiny and smooth abdomen as opposed to the fuzzy abdomen seen on a bumble bee.umble bees are very important, beneficial insects that pollinate plants and flowers. Their activity in your gardens are desirable but allowing them to nest in areas where children and pets frequent or where you garden is not desirable.
Pikes Peak is one of Colorado's 53 fourteeners, mountains more than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above sea level. The mountain rises 8,000 ft (2,400 m) above downtown Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark. Tava or âsun,â is the Ute word that was given by these first people to the mountain that we now call Pikes Peak.
Named for Zebulon Pike. Pikes Peak is named for explorer Zebulon Pike, who described the mountain on an expedition in 1806 to determine the southern boundary of the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. Pike, naming the mountain Grand Peak, attempted to climb it from the south but deep November snows thwarted his summit bid.