Bumble bees and climate change

Bumble bees are some of nature’s most efficient pollinators. They are essential for pollinating a long list of wildflowers and are especially important in the pollination of crops like tomatoes, peppers and cranberries. Unfortunately, like most pollinators, their populations are in decline nationwide.

Bumblebees Are Being Bumped Off by Climate Change, Scientists Say

Surveying Denali's Pollinators: Bees & Flower Flies (U.S. National Park Service)

American bumble bee could face extinction

Rising Temps Put Foraging Bees at Risk of Overheating

Climate, pesticides, and landcover drive declines of the western bumble bee

Study finds carrying pollen heats up bumble bees, raises new climate change questions

Study Finds Carrying Pollen Heats Up Bumble Bees, Raising New Climate Change Questions - College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Climate change-driven range losses among bumblebee species are poised to accelerate

Climate Change: It's a Buzzkill for Bumblebees, Study Finds - The New York Times

Bumblebee Disappearance Caused by Climate Change, Study Finds

Bumblebees bite plants to make them flower early, surprising scientists

Bolstering Bees in a Changing Climate