There's buzz to bumblebees survey.(News)

From: The Journal (Newcastle, England) | Date: June 26, 2004 | Copyright information

Gardeners and walkers in the North-East are being urged to join in a survey which will help regional ecologists reverse a sharp decline in bumblebees.

Newcastle University is taking a major role along with Southampton University and Rothamsted research unit in Hertfordshire in an investigation into where bumblebees are nesting.

Newcastle's Dr Roddy Hale said that the number of native bumblebee species had declined from the 1960s from 40 species to 16, and onl...

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