Bumble bee numbers tumble with climate change: study

Paris (AFP) Feb 7, 2020

Climate change has contributed to a sharp drop in bumble bee populations across North America and Europe in recent decades, scientists said Friday. Compared to the period 1900-1974, bumble bee numbers across dozens of distinct species dropped, on average, 46 percent during the first 15 years of the 21st century in Canada and the United States. In Europe, the corresponding decline of the