According to a 2019 study, Over 40% of insect species are threatened with extinction, especially moths and butterflies, pollinators like bees, and dung beetles. Among those most at risk are bumblebees.
Cool specialists
Bumblebees, among the most important pollinators, excel at spreading pollen and fertilizing many types of wild flora, as well as crucial agricultural crops like tomatoes, blueberries, and squash. They are more suited to cold weather, with their fuzzy bodies and ability to generate heat while flying, which often allows them to be the first bees out in the spring. And for this exact reason, they are in trouble.
The likelihood of a bumblebee population surviving in any given place has declined by 30% in the course of a single human generation. They’re in drastic decline across Europe and North America owing to hotter and more frequent extremes in temperatures. In Europe, they are 17% less plentiful than they were in the early 20th century. In North America, you are nearly 50% less likely to see a bumblebee in any given area than you were prior to 1974. Moreover, several once-common species have disappeared from many areas they were once found, becoming locally extinct in those places.
