The Seattle Times reports bees face existential threats including habitat loss through agriculture, construction and urban development; pesticides, harmful chemicals; and competition from domesticated honeybees. Add to that list the growing impacts of a warming planet — wildfires, heat waves and drought — and the gravity of the situation lurches into focus. In Washington state understanding the emerging perils faced by native bees could prove vital in their conservation and …
July 12, 2022
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Threatened wild bees get help from Washington researchers
OKANOGAN-WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST, Wash. (AP) — Few creatures exist closer to the front lines of climate change than wild, native bees. And few are more important, or as irreplaceable. They’ve always been subjected to a long list of existential threats: habitat loss through agriculture, construction and urban development; pesticides, insecticides and other harmful chemicals; and competition from domesticated honeybees...