Biology Asked on June 25, 2021
I just saw the funniest video of bumblebees(?) having sex. (mirror) As they were getting it on, there seemed to be an almost audible ‘moaning’ coming from the pair. From what I presume it was a sexual climax we heard!
Bees have neither vocal chords nor lungs, so I wonder: what is that sound?
As the pair is mating on a newspaper, I’m almost certain we’re hearing transduced vibrations from the bees made audible through the paper and not the bees themselves. (Nonetheless, what a beautifully humorous anthropomorphism! Moaning bees certainly give vivid color to the birds and the bees!)
I have multiple theories:
Any excited entomologists wanna fill me in?
Firstly, those aren't bumblebee faces ... those are big fly eyes. Those are Bumblebee Hover Flies (Volucella bombylans):
The noise in the first part of the video is identical to a fly flying around your head and the noise at the end sounds like what a fly would sound like when you press it against a surface like a wall or screen (or a newspaper, apparently)
Correct answer by JimN on June 25, 2021
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