TomApr 18, 2025

I rescued a bumble bee that was stuck in the chicken coop. Looks like a Western Bumble Bee, Bombus occidentalis. I also saw 4 or maybe 5 Ashy Digger bees in one clove currant bush. I'm not sure I ever saw more than one at once last year.

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BC Info BotMar 10, 2023
The Tyee: Climate Change Is Decimating Our Once Common Bumble Bee (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/10/Climate-Change-Decimating-Bumble-Bee/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #nitroguanidineneonicotinoids #bumblebeeclimatechange #EndangeredSpeciesAct #NativeBeeSocietyofBC #bumblebeepopulation #Bombusoccidentalis #PaulvanWestendorp #westernbumblebee #SarahJohnsonSFU #WillJanousek #COSEWIC #neonics
Climate Change Is Decimating Our Once Common Bumble Bee | The Tyee

We need a radical change to protect the beleaguered pollinator.

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