[PCA] NEWS: US sees massive drop in bumble bees: study

Olivia Kwong plant at plantconservation.org
Tue Jan 4 08:32:40 CST 2011


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110104/ts_alt_afp/usanimalagricultureresearch

US sees massive drop in bumble bees: study
AFP -- Tue Jan 4, 3:32 am ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Weakened by inbreeding and disease, bumble bees have 
died off at an astonishing rate over the past 20 years, with some US 
populations diving more than 90 percent, according to a new study.

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