Non-honey bees

An old recycled (and translated) cartoon from my Polish fanpage. Most bees which emerged from their nests this year, must die before winter, leaving their progeny which will leave their nests the next season. However, not all of them. Females of Ceratina, Xylocopa, Halictus or Lasioglossum (I’m not sure if all species in these genera but surely a number of them!), and of course bumblebee queens, go for the overwintering to their natal nests or some other hiding places, to emerge the next spring and start their nesting activities.