USDA Breaking News: The 18-Year Bumble Bee Cold Case

from The Secret Pollinators · host Kelly from Montana

Breaking News from USDA (United States Department of Agriculture): No one has confirmed a sighting of Franklin's bumblebee since 2006—but the case isn't closed. Scientists just extracted DNA from museum specimens decades old, and the confession rewrites everything we thought about extinction.www.secretpollinators.com#SecretPollinators #FranklinsBumbleBee #NativeBees #Pollinators #Conservation #Museomics #EndangeredSpecies #BeeConservation #Beenome100 #ColdCase #NaturePodcast #SciencePodcast #BumbleBees #Montana #WildlifeConservation #NaturalHistoryMuseum

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