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Bumblebee officially added to endangered species list
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RE: Bumblebee officially added to endangered species list
(July 2, 2018 at 5:52 am)Kit Wrote:
Quote:Its official, the bumblebee has been added to the ever-growing list of endangered species along with the grizzly bear, the northern spotted owl, the gray wolf, and about 700 other animal species which are extinct. Once abundant in the grasslands and prairies of the East and Midwest, the rusty-patched bee has now been restricted to protections in the continental US as its population keeps dwindling at an alarming rate.

It has been estimated that as much as 95% only exists in isolated pockets in twelve states and the province of Ontario Canada.

"There are a few little spots where we know they are," James stranger, a research entomologist and bumble be ecologist told Forbes. "But only a really few spots."

Human encroachment led to the subsequent loss of their natural habitat which played a significant role in the bee's declining population. The classification will foster the conservation of tall grasses and protection of grasslands that the bee's and other pollinators naturally thrive.

http://www.thinkinghumanity.com/2018/06/...ecies.html

Quote:A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus Bombus, part of Apidae, one of the bee families.

Wikipedia || Bumblebee

It's a little misleading to say the bumblebee has been added to the endangered species list when it only concerns one specific species of bumblebee.
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RE: Bumblebee officially added to endangered species list - by Angrboda - July 2, 2018 at 6:13 am

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