Scientists have rediscovered an extremely rare species of
bumblebee in the US, which hasn't been seen since 1956.
Cockerell's Bumblebee Cockerell's Bumblebee. Credit: G Ballmer,
UC Riverside The find has prompted a lot of excitement due to
the concern about bee species disappearing around the world. The
bumblebee boffins, … ...and I thought a job title of software
toolsmith was cool! Sounds like they found them because they are
surviving while other bees are dying of sudden colony collapse.
It warms my heart to know that the world still has bumblebee
boffins. At one point in my childhood, I wanted to be an
entomologist --- but a real one told me that, especially post
thatcher, most of the jobs were connected with killing insects
:-( Jesus Christ, how could anyone miss one of those? It's
almost as big as my hand! We here in New Zealand got very
excited a couple of years ago when some Bumblebee Boffins from
Blighty turned up wanting to catch some specimens of our most
common Bumblebees. Turns out they were impo