Western Washington University Student Rediscovers Regionally Extinct Bumblebee on Western's Campus
March 31, 2021
March 31, 2021
BELLINGHAM, Washington, March 31 (TNSRes) -- Western Washington University issued the following news release:
The western bumblebee, an endangered native bee species thought to be locally extinct, has been rediscovered on Western's campus by Environmental Science student (now alumna) Audrey Mechtenberg.
Known taxonomically as bombus occidentalis, the western bumblebee once flourished across the West Coast and its range stretched as far east as Montana. Between 1998 . . .
The western bumblebee, an endangered native bee species thought to be locally extinct, has been rediscovered on Western's campus by Environmental Science student (now alumna) Audrey Mechtenberg.
Known taxonomically as bombus occidentalis, the western bumblebee once flourished across the West Coast and its range stretched as far east as Montana. Between 1998 . . .