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01-11-2017, 04:06 AM
Bumblebee is first bee in continental US to be listed as endangered

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For the first time, a bee species in the continental United States has been declared endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

The rusty patched bumblebee is in worrisome decline and it is a race to keep it from becoming extinct, the agency said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/10/us/bumblebee-endangered/index.html