URI Student Surveys Bumblebees to Identify Flowers Preferred by Each Species
December 29, 2020
December 29, 2020
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Dec. 29 (TNSRes) -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news:
A survey of bumblebees in the Ocean State by students at the University of Rhode Island found just six species in the summer of 2019 and 2020, down from the 11 species historically recorded in the state. So a URI senior created the state's first list of wildflowers preferred by each species of bumblebee in an effort to identify the floral resources needed to increase bumblebee . . .
A survey of bumblebees in the Ocean State by students at the University of Rhode Island found just six species in the summer of 2019 and 2020, down from the 11 species historically recorded in the state. So a URI senior created the state's first list of wildflowers preferred by each species of bumblebee in an effort to identify the floral resources needed to increase bumblebee . . .