[QUOTE]Dwindling populations of the American bumblebee and their disappearance from eight states has led to calls for their protection as an Endangered Species. Bumblebees have decreased by 89% over the last two decades.
The American Bumblebee is Nearing Extinction
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| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 15, 2021 10:31 PM |
This is actually very, very bad for agriculture.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | October 15, 2021 10:10 PM |
They are one of my favorite bugs.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | October 15, 2021 10:11 PM |
I love them so much and make friends with each one that I see.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | October 15, 2021 10:18 PM |
This is terrible. I had more bumblebees in my yard this summer than I have in years. I hope it wasn't their last hurrah.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | October 15, 2021 10:19 PM |
So no more tuna fish?
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | October 15, 2021 10:21 PM |
I was terrified of bees and wasps as a kid and used to run the other way when I would see one. I didn't realize how docile they are until much later.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | October 15, 2021 10:24 PM |
[QUOTE] This is terrible. I had more bumblebees in my yard this summer than I have in years. I hope it wasn't their last hurrah.
You should build some sort of massive bumblebee love motel and encourage them to bee whores.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | October 15, 2021 10:24 PM |
@r6, Very good
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | October 15, 2021 10:25 PM |
I never see honeybees anymore - but bumblebees still cruise my flowers every spring and summer. I didn’t notice less of them this year - but maybe I wasn’t paying attention. Why can’t yellow jackets go extinct instead of fuzzy and cute bees?
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | October 15, 2021 10:25 PM |
Did they find out that according to physics there's no way they should be able to fly?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | October 15, 2021 10:26 PM |
Yeah, the yellow jackets were crazy this summer.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | October 15, 2021 10:31 PM |