Another bumble bee is at risk. The yellow banded bumble bee was once common from the east of the Rockies to Newfoundland, an still thrives in portions of its former range, especially in northern areas. But the species has been declining since the late 1990's. Worse still, it has disappeared entirely from parts of southern and central Canada in recent years.
This is a significant loss, since this bee is an important pollinator of wild flowering plants, and benefits agriculture by pollinating such crops as potatoes, alfalfa, raspberries and cranberries.
From: On Nature Magazine
summer 2015
