[Pollinator] Long Absent Bumblebee Returns to Seattle Area

[Paul Cherubini]

Bombus occidentalis vanished from western Washington in the early-mid 
1990's - before the neonicotinoid insecticides were available - but 
has recently reappeared in the Seattle area, in spite of the now widespread 
use of neonics:

http://news.yahoo.com/return-long-absent-bumblebee-near-seattle-stirs-scientific-120655098.html

Paul Cherubini
El Dorado, Calif.