Native Irish Honey Bee Society – Apis mellifera mellifera

Native Irish Honey Bee Society
Apis mellifera mellifera

Short-haired bumblebee returns to Britain after 25 years

Conservationists working on its return are celebrating a milestone after the bee nested for the first time.

The bee vanished from the UK in the 1980s, having suffered declines over the previous 60 years as its wildflower-rich grassland habitat was lost, and was officially declared extinct in 2000.

Telegraph. Read more.

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