This is why a critical habitat designation is especially important and timely after seven years since the listing. When FWS announced the endangered species classification for the rusty patched bumble ...

WASHINGTON— A federal judge on Friday rejected the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to refuse to designate critical habitat for highly endangered rusty patched bumblebees and ordered the ...

Sightings of Minnesota’s state bee continue to excite bee surveyors in the Twin Cities metro who say the endangered pollinator has recently been spotted in residential gardens and other ...

The rusty-patched bumblebee was the first bee species to be federally listed ... likely due to a combination of pesticides, pathogens, habitat loss and degradation, and climate change.

The Scott Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is hosting a webinar from noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, April 12 with speaker Dr. Elaine Evans. Evans will talk about what’s happening with ...

The rusty patched bumble bee became endangered in 2017 ... She says disease along with pesticides, climate change and habitat loss puts strain on the population. "They're nowhere near the numbers ...

The rusty patched bumble bee’s role and importance in ... The main threats to the bee are disease spread from commercial bees, habitat loss, pesticide use, and climate change.

The rusty-patched bumblebee is now officially ... increased use of pesticides, and habitat loss, these little bees now inhabit less than half of the states they used to - 13 instead of 28.