Tag: Bumblebees

• Friday, February 7th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Bumblebees essential for pollinating, suffer drastic declines in North America

  

  When scientist Peter Soroye first saw the figures showing estimated bumblebee populations in North America had fallen by nearly 50% in a single generation, he thought it must be a typo. He checked the numbers - the result of a long-term analysis of bumblebee populations published in the journal Science on Thursday, seven times to be sure they were accurate.