I received a reply back from a researcher at the Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota saying it was quite a find; it was a queen rusty patched bumble bee. Not only was it ...

The rusty patched bumblebee is the only native bee in the continental United ... of western bumblebees and kill or subdue the host colony’s queen. The cuckoo queen bee then lays her own eggs and gains ...

A team of researchers has uncovered alarming trends in the first range-wide genetic study of an endangered bee species. The study, led by Colorado State University and published in the Journal of ...

The rusty patched bumble bee, formally named bombus affinis, landed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s endangered species list in 2017. The rusty patched bumble bee’s population has ...

The rusty patched bumblebee, which is Minnesota’s state bee, has declined by 87% in the past 20 years, and is estimated to be present in only 0.1% of its former range. In awarding Endangered Species ...

When FWS announced the endangered species classification for the rusty patched bumble bee, it wrote: “Before it was declared endangered in 2017, the rusty patched bumble bee experienced a widespread ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A new study shines a concerning light on the Minnesota State Bee. The rusty patched bumble bee became endangered in 2017. And now, there's evidence the population is barely hanging ...

Bella Rubietta has devoted dozens of hours to helping a bug so uncommon she has yet to see it. The 14-year-old Prior Lake resident wrote a children’s book and brochures on the topic, held ...

The rusty-patched bumblebee is now officially on the endangered species list. It's the first bee from the continental US to be be listed for federal protection under the Endangered Species Act ...