Please help! Bombus impatiens search.

Hi Everyone,

A recent record from October 14th indicates the presence of Bombus impatiens, a non-native bumble bee used for greenhouse pollination. See observation here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63274417

If you have some time and are willing to go to University Heights to check if you can find more of them, this would help in knowing if there is an established population there.

Managing invasive species is an important aspect of preserving the safety of our native bees. A lot of bee scientists and advocates for our native bees rely on records from us citizen scientists to gather field data. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks you :)

Patricia

Publicado el octubre 24, 2020 03:47 MAÑANA por patsimpson2000