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Lesley Hamamoto winner of sixth annual First-Bumble Bee-of-the-Year Contest

Bumble bee enthusiast Lesley Hamamoto of Sacramento, and a UC Davis alumna who remembers well the entomology class she took ...
Beyond Pesticides

Action Today: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat for Endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

The FWS proposal grows out of a species status assessment (SSA) conducted by “15 scientists with expertise in bumble bee biology, habitat management, and stressors (factors negatively affecting the ...
Iowa City Press-Citizen

Endangered bumble bees were found in Iowa City. Researches hope to learn from their nest.

(This story was updated to correct how often the rusty patched bumble bee has been seen. It's been seen in seven states over 10 years.) The rusty patched bumble bee had only been seen in seven states ...
University of Wyoming

UW Researcher Receives NSF Grant to Study Aging in Life Cycle of Bees

A Hunt’s bumblebee queen occupies a white flower in Laramie. Michael Dillon, a professor in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, recently received a three-year, $398,251 National Science ...