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On the eighth annual “World Bee Day,” the bees did not seem bothered. They should be. Bees and other pollinators have been on ...
For community scientists interested in helping map data about bumble bees, the University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute ...
Many resources exist, including Pollinator.org and the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund, which both support endangered bees. These resources are a great way to track bee survival and stay informed ...
The Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee has a unique life cycle. Like cuckoo birds, they lay their eggs in the nests of other species ...
It’s called the “waggle dance.” Yes, many species of bees are endangered. The honey bee garners the most attention because it is one of the most important pollinators in our world ...
The rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) is a federally endangered species that hasn’t been seen in Georgia in over 30 years. Sarina Jepsen / Xerces Society Bumble bee populations are in ...
but hundreds of species of lesser-known wild bees, many of which are endangered. In 2018, the U.N. General Assembly sponsored the first “World Bee Day” to bring attention to the bees’ plight.
Water voles (Arvicola amphibius), often mistaken for rats, are shy little mammals that scientists call "ecosystem engineers." ...
Carnivores are supposed to hunt, while birds and bees pollinate the flowers ... where Africa’s most endangered carnivore is surprising people by feeding not on prey, but on flowers.