He successfully preserved short-haired bees

(scienceinfo.net) - A bumblebee (bumblebee) has reappeared after extinction in the UK, has nested and spawned the first calves.

The short-haired bees have disappeared in the 1980s, have declined over the past 60 years when the grassland habitats contain many wildflowers lost. It was publicly declared extinct in 2000.

Seven of the 27 bumblebee species are declining and 2 of them are extinct.

The bee bees were brought from a healthy population of bees in Sweden, and after having released two of them in the Dungeness area of ​​the RSPB in Kent, scientists first discovered bees. workers here.

Photo: rspb.org.uk

Nikki Gammans, head of this project, said: 'This is an important milestone for the project and is a true victory for conservation'.

'We now have evidence that this bumblebee has nested and the hatchlings have hatched, and we hope they are on their way to becoming wild in England.

It is a long journey to get this success, from creating a suitable living environment for them, collecting the queen bees in the countryside of Sweden, checking their diseases and then dropping them at Dungeness.

Finding the first worker bees was an interesting success for this hard work, but we are still far from making sure these bees are safe and will continue to flourish and develope'.

The first generation of queen bees that were captured and released last year struggled with humid and cold conditions last summer, but the second generation brought from Sweden and released this summer supported bees.

The continued drop of bees is being prepared to help build a bee population and at Dungeness.

The project to return the bees includes working with farmers to create grasslands and fields with lots of flowers at Dungeness and Romney Marsh, which have boosted the number of threatened bees. another threat.

Looking at the rare bees, including the bees that live in wild barren places, red bees brush red shanked carder bee, the bee combs moss (moss carder bee) and the bee combs the brown belt, has increased.

Seven of the 25 native species of British bees are in decline and two have become extinct, including short-haired bees.

This bee restoration project is backed by the British government's Natural England program, RSPB, Trust Trust and Hymettus bee association.