A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before modern human impacts, suggesting that its long-term genetic vulnerability made it especially fragile and less ...

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MANKATO — Bumble bees are in decline in Minnesota, but that doesn’t stop people from studying them. A study finds over half of U.S. bee colonies have vanished, and 64% of Minnesota’s hives have ...

UC Davis entomologist Robbin Thorp monitored populations of Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) until his death in 2019. The bee, found only in a limited area on the border of California and ...

(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 ...