[Pollinator] Proposed listing of Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) as endangered

[Peter Kevan]

I believe that Frankin's bumblebee has bee IUCN Red-Listed for a good number of years.  Peter


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Subject: [Pollinator] Proposed listing of Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) as endangered


Responding to a 2010 petition from the Xerces Society and the late Dr. Robbin Thorp, Professor Emeritus at University of California–Davis, today the United States Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to list Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) as an endangered species<https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-08-13/pdf/2019-17337.pdf?utm_source=federalregister.gov&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=subscription+mailing+list> under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), making it the first bee in the western U.S. to be officially recognized under the ESA.

Franklin’s bumble bee has the most restricted range of any bumble bee in the world; it is known only in southern Oregon and northern California between the Coast and Sierra-Cascade Ranges. A precipitous decline began in 1999, and despite an extensive amount of searching, Franklin’s bumble bee has not been seen since 2006. The primary threats to this species include: 1) diseases from managed bees, 2) pesticides, and 3) a small population size.

Full press release available here: https://xerces.org/2019/08/12/u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service-proposes-endangered-species-act-protection-for-franklins-bumble-bee/

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