How You Can Help Count and Conserve Native Bees

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” How You Can Help Count and Conserve Native Bees” New York Times
Honeybees and their problems get the most attention, but scientists are using tactics learned from bird conservation to protect American bees.
By Michele C. Hollow, Dec. 7, 2020
“In the last 20 years, the rusty patched bumblebee population declined by 87 percent because of habitat loss, use of pesticides and disease. This fuzzy bee, native to the continental United States, gets its name from the rusty patch on its back.

These bumblebees pollinate fruits and vegetables we eat, unlike the Gulf Coast solitary bee, which gathers pollen from only one plant — the Coastal Plain honeycomb head, a member of the aster family. You could say they’re specialists, whereas, rusty patched bumblebees and honeybees are generalists.”

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