Bees have yet to start their three-month winter slumber party. They’re still buzzing. So is Nicole Miller-Struttmann, who is all abuzz over a rare bee find now in her photo
The rare lemon cuckoo bumblebee bee was recently spotted in a Belleville garden by an amateur citizen scientist. The bee’s population has been on the decline, but this recent sighting could mean good news for rare bee species and bumblebees in the region.
Siegel, a retired biochemist, has lived in his Belleville residence since 1990. He started the work on his garden, which he describes as “an ongoing process.”