Britons are facing up to the plight of the bumblebee

From: Deseret News (Salt Lake City) | Date: June 11, 2006| Author: Shelley Emling Cox News Service | Copyright information

LONDON -- The buzz of the bumblebee has always been as much a part of the British summer as Wimbledon and candy floss.

But the soothing sound may soon become only a fond memory. Experts say that Britain's bumblebee population is quickly vanishing as farmers use more pesticides and plow up pristine wildflower meadows.

Already, three of the 25 species of bumblebees native to the United Kingdom are extinct, with as many as eight others in serious danger of disappearing unless quick ...

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