Sentences with phrase «patched bumblebee»

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's designation of the the rusty patched bumblebee as endangered has already set in motion a rash of legal actions to block individual projects and stop all development in large swaths of land.

For example, the rusty - patched bumblebee, Bombus affinis, was once common in gardens in the southern United States.

A week after that, it sued the administration again for delaying plans to put the rusty - patched bumblebee on the endangered species list.

The rusty patched bumblebee, Bombus affinis, recently became the first U.S. bumblebee species to be placed on the endangered species list, but a Kansas State University entomologist says bumblebee endangerment is nothing to be bugged about.

We are also lead partners on two other species, the Monarch Butterfly and the Rusty Patched Bumblebee, and are currently working with Chicago Wilderness developing strategies to protect these species throughout the region.

The Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is the lead partner coordinating regional efforts to conserve four different species, the monarch butterfly, smooth green snake, rusty patched bumblebee, and the regal fritillary butterfly.

Not exact matches

Thomas said: «A consistent problem in assessing the response of bumblebees to agri - environment schemes has been that it is unclear whether a high observed abundance of bumblebees was merely an attraction of workers to sown forage patches or a genuine population level increase.

Rising temperatures are shrinking the home ranges of bumblebees, such as this rusty - patched species (Bombus affinis).