- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: January 5, 2011
Research by scientists in Illinois show that four U.S. bumblebee species are in steep decline, though they were unable to provide the reason, according to National Geographic News.
The study, published this month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, was conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois; the decline of a fifth species - which is being monitored by UC Davis professor emeritus Robbin Thorp - is also mentioned in the NatGeo story.
The new research was based on an analysis of more than 73,000...
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