(NEXSTAR) — The rusty patched bumble bee was once found in roughly half the U.S., from Maine down south to Georgia and as far west as the Dakotas. Today, only about a dozen states have recorded ...
The rusty patched bumble bee is small enough to be overlooked, but its decline has become one of the clearest warnings about pollinator loss in North America. The designation of about 1.5 million ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A bumblebee once common across much of the United States is getting a major boost from federal wildlife ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to designate 1.6 million acres of critical habitat for the rusty patched bumble bee in six states, including Minnesota. The rusty patched bumble bee received ...
A team of researchers has uncovered alarming trends in the first range-wide genetic study of an endangered bee species. The study, led by Colorado State University and published in the Journal of ...
The FWS proposal grows out of a species status assessment (SSA) conducted by “15 scientists with expertise in bumble bee biology, habitat management, and stressors (factors negatively affecting the ...
Bumble bees—vital and fuzzy pollinators—face unique threats amidst global insect declines. If the insect world has a fuzzy, charismatic cutie, it’s surely the humble bumble bee. While insect ...