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Bumble Bees
Exciting Finds from the 2024 Bumble Bee Atlas Field Season
20. September 2024
Celebrating Community Science as the Bumble Bee Atlas Expands to Five New States
30. April 2024
Southern Plains Bumble Bee is One Step Closer to Federal Protection
15. February 2024
Xerces Society Files ESA Petition to Protect Morrison Bumble Bee
16. November 2023
Midwest Volunteers Map 18,000 Bumble Bees
18. May 2023
David Kollen: A Lifelong Invertebrate Advocate Searching for Bumble Bees in Serpentine Fens
27. April 2023
Washington State Becomes First to Adopt a Statewide Strategy to Protect Bumble Bees
23. February 2023
Where do Bumble Bee Queens Overwinter? Participate in Queen Quest This Fall to Help Us Find Out!
12. October 2021
A Q&A with Daniel Potvin-Leduc, a Bumble Bee Watch Star from Quebec
12. October 2021
Using Community Science to Conserve Bumble Bees: From Small Beginnings to a Continent-Wide Effort
29. July 2021
What Should You Do for Pollinator Week? Go Bumble Bee Watching!
16. June 2021
Turning Appreciation into Action Through Community Science
31. March 2021
California Court Case: Protection of Insects under the California Endangered Species Act
8. February 2021
The Power of The Pinery: Six Years of Bumble Bee Community Science at Ontario’s Pinery Provincial Park
7. December 2020
Court Decision Undermines the State of California’s Ability to Protect Insects Under its Endangered Species Act
20. November 2020
It Takes (More Than) a Village
14. October 2020
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Fails to Designate Critical Habitat for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
1. September 2020
Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas: Doing a Little to Impact the Whole
22. April 2020
Five Ways to Support Queen Bumble Bees this Spring
13. March 2020
Ann Puddicombe, a Bumble Bee Watch Star
20. November 2019
Still Questing for Bee Nests
18. November 2019
The Source of Hope and Wonder Comes in Small Packages
10. September 2019
Working Together in Iowa to Find the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
4. September 2019
Insects Lose as Trump Administration Weakens the Endangered Species Act
29. August 2019
Introducing Xerces’ Newest Community Science Project: Nebraska Bumble Bee Atlas
18. June 2019
5 Ways Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Bumble Bee Recovery & Conservation Initiatives Benefit from Bumble Bee Watch
2. May 2019
Honoring Robbin Thorp, a Legendary Figure in North American Bee Conservation
24. April 2019
A Quest for Bumble Bee Nests: The Missing Link
26. March 2019
National Butterfly Center Gets Reprieve—But Border Wall Will Impact Much More
15. February 2019
Businesses Aligning with the Life that Sustains Us
20. December 2018
Where Do Pollinators Go in the Winter?
10. December 2018
Pollinator Conservation Program Digest – November 2018
4. December 2018
A Shifting Climate Creates Winners and Losers
27. November 2018
Fall Garden Tips to Benefit Bumble Bees All Year
30. October 2018
The Xerces Society Seeks Endangered Species Protections for California Bumble Bees
16. October 2018
Celebrate Invertebrates During National Apple Month
10. October 2018
The Endangered Species Act Needs Your Help!
29. August 2018
Kicking Off Canadian Bumble Bee Watch Training Events!
26. July 2018
Bumble Bee Die-Off Under Investigation in Virginia
21. June 2018
Surprising Results from a Survey of Bumble Bee Watch Users
23. May 2018
Unblinded by Science
17. April 2018
Wildlife Preservation Canada Continues Training “Bumble Bee Watchers”
19. January 2018
Community Science Data Aids in Expert Testimony on Regulation of Commercially Bred Bumble Bees
4. October 2017
Observations by Community Scientists Expand Known Range of the Two-Spotted Bumble Bee
4. October 2017
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Deserves Protection, Not Delay
2. March 2017
Rusty Patched Bumble Bee: The First Bee in the Continental U.S. to be Protected Under the Endangered Species Act
11. January 2017
New Report: How Neonicotinoids Can Kill Bees
14. December 2016
Climate Change Driving, Not the Only Passenger; Bumble Bee Conservation in Context
16. July 2015
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