Tuesday 9 April 2024

Genetic Analysis Guides Conservation of Endangered Bumble Bee

A bumble bee collects nectar from a small cluster of white flowers with purple spots in front of a green, leafy backdrop. The bee is fuzzy with a black head, black and yellow stripes on its thorax, a rusty brown stripe at the top of its abdomen, and black on the bottom of its abdomen. Behind a nearby plant stem, another insect, possibly a beetle, peeks its head out toward the viewer.

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The rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis), one of nine endangered bee species in the U.S., occurs in three genetically distinct clusters in the Midwest and Appalachia, a new study shows. But low levels of genetic diversity between colonies and other underlying genetic factors suggest their populations remain fragile, researchers say. [Read more]

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