Wisconsin Arboretum Offers Rare Refuge for Vanishing Bumblebee
Thursday, October 6, 2016 - 12:22
in Biology & Nature
A proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to seek endangered status for the rusty-patched bumblebee has focused renewed attention on bumblebees living at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. This 1,200-acre natural area in Madison still has wild populations of the rare insect, which was fairly common until about 20 years ago.