Saturday, June 12, 2010

Bee Briefs: Recent News About Bumblebees



Join the Global Bee Project and become a Bee Guardian! http://bit.ly/bHHUT3

International Pollinator Week is coming, June 21-27 http://bit.ly/cRExNd

Citizen scientists begin 4th year of the Great Pollinator Project, a sort of bee census, in New York City. They monitor some 200 species of bees to study pollinator biodiversity http://bit.ly/d60yt8

Regicide and captive virgin queens; 10 things you might not know about the fascinating lives of bees http://bit.ly/aEmjTT

Researcher developing landscape conservation & restoration guidelines for preservation of native bee populations http://bit.ly/bsGtiJ

BeeWalk to help monitor changes in bumblebee populations; invaluable for conservation http://bit.ly/d3y2b6

New Zealand Short-haired Bumblebees in restoration project die in hibernation, just before travelling to the UK http://bit.ly/9NuYdD

Two new bumblebee species settle in Iceland http://bit.ly/buXB1u These both appear to be on the move from Europe.

The Tree Bumblebee continues its range expansion in the UK; now in west Wales http://bit.ly/ceGUgx

Now more bumblebee nests in UK cities, towns and suburbs than in the countryside - that's bad news for wildlife http://bit.ly/aC5yAi

You can buy black-and-yellow striped socks and help protect bumblebees http://bit.ly/bMvD6R

[Photo by Brieg, CC License]

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