Day: February 14, 2017
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The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee – The First Bumble Bee Added to the U.S. Endangered Species List
Recently, the rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) made history when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed it as this country’s first endangered bumble bee. The rusty patched bumble bee is one of approximately 50 bumble bees native to the U.S. Relatively little research has been done on many of those species, including the…