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7 Things you need to know about; ... Bumblebees
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1 National Science Week was launched last week with the
declaration that the humble bumblebee, that harbinger of spring, made
its first ever February appearance in Scotland, proving that spring
is indeed arriving earlier each year.
2 There are 24 bumblebee species in the UK, nine of which are on
the endangered list. Britain has lost three bumblebee species in the
last 150 years.
3 What may look like idle buzzing around plants is in fact those
furry friends of ours performing a ...