The late Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis and a global authority on bees, worked tirelessly to try to include Franklin’s bumble bee as an endangered ...

Concerned for the plight of bumble bees, environmental organizations petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission to list four bumble bee species--the western bumble bee, Franklin's bumble ...

In its Species Status Assessment for Franklin’s bumble bee, released in 2018, the Service indicates that “very little” is known about the species.

Franklin’s bumblebee, found in Southern Oregon and Northern California, will be listed as endangered by US By Elizabeth Castillo ( OPB ) Sept. 15, 2021 4:41 p.m. Updated: Sept. 15, 2021 11:21 p.m.

“Even though none have been seen since 2006, Franklin’s bumble bee populations could potentially persist undetected,” the service stated. Advertisement.

Entomologists at UC Riverside say they couldn’t find a single example of eight out of California’s 25 bumble bee species. Search Query Show ... the Suckley cuckoo and Franklin’s bumble bee.

It”s good news for the critically imperiled Franklin”s bumble bee, which Robbin Thorp of UC Davis has been tracking since 1998. A petition spearheaded by Thorp and the Xerces Society for ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking data and public comments on a petition to list the Crotch’s bumble bee, Franklin’s bumble bee, Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee ...

The genome of the endangered Franklin’s bumble bee is being sequenced from a museum specimen as part of the Beenome100 Project. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the ...

The USDA Agricultural Research Service is leading a project dubbed "Beenome100" to produce high-quality maps of the genomes of at least 100 bee species, capturing the diversity of bees in ...

Butterflies and bumble bees are all the rage these days at the U.S. Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology. It’s all in black and white — literally. The museum is hosting or assisting with two ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking data and public comments on a petition to list the Crotch’s bumble bee, Franklin’s bumble bee, Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee ...