Climate's Effects on Flowers Critical for Bumble Bees

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https://news.ncsu.edu New bumble bee research shows that extended flowering seasons due to climate change have detrimental effects on our native pollinators. Photo courtesy of Jane Ogilvie. In a study that shows the importance of climate change on critical pollinators, North Carolina State Universi

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Species (15)

Two-form Bumble Bee

Bumble Bees

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Golden-belted Bumble Bee

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus appositus

Bombus occidentalis

Bombus frigidus

Bombus fervidus

Bombus californicus

Bombus nevadensis

Bombus mixtus

Bombus rufocinctus

Bombus hypocrita