Worldwide, there are over 20,000 bee species in seven Families. Some commonly encountered and recognizable genera in eastern North America are described below. Since 2006, when large die-offs of honey ...
Apart from managed honey bees, there is increasing evidence that some wild bee species have experienced regional declines in North America. These include Bombus affinis, the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, ...
On 11 January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) published a rule to list the rusty patched bumble bee, Bombus affinis, as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. Thanks to ...
The endangered rusty-patched bumble bee has achieved fame as the Minnesota state bee. It’s just one of about two dozen bumble bee species in Minnesota and scientists suspect others are at risk and ...