Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

Written By: - NONE - | Issue: 2016/10 - October | Photograph By: Clay Bolt

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee for federal protection as an endangered species
this September.

The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee has plunged in abundance and distribution by more than 90 percent since the late 1990s.