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This week, over 70 people are searching in and around Mt. Ashland for Franklin’s bumble bee. The bee was last seen 16 years ago, but it’s hard to tell if the species is extinct.
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"Pollinator gardens" have sprung up in recent years, planted by gardeners determined to help bee populations recover from steep declines. Science is only…
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No one has seen a Franklin’s Bumble Bee since 2006.Ashland naturalist Pepper Trail writes in Jefferson Public Radio’s Jefferson Journal that the rarest…