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

[Marianna]

Peter and I prepared and submitted a report for the IUCN on B. franklini
back in 2008. It has been red-listed since.

Please find the link below:
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/135295/4070259


Cheers,
Marianna


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Marianna Horn
PhD Candidate
Dept of Biology
University of Saskatchewan
marianna.horn at gmail.com



On Wed, Aug 14, 2019, 10:03 AM Peter Kevan, <pkevan at uoguelph.ca> wrote:

> I believe that Frankin's bumblebee has bee IUCN Red-Listed for a good
> number of years.  Peter
>
>
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> *From:* Pollinator <pollinator-bounces+pkevan=uoguelph.ca at lists.sonic.net>
> on behalf of Jenni Denekas <jenni.denekas at xerces.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:06 PM
> *To:* pollinator at lists.sonic.net <pollinator at lists.sonic.net>
> *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/
> <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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