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Save the bees! DePaul grad giving away pollinator plants to help Rusty Patch Bumble Bee population
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DePaul graduate student helping save bees one plant at a time
A DePaul University graduate student is on a mission to save the bees, specifically a native Illinois bee that is endangered.
CHICAGO - A DePaul University graduate student is on a mission to save the bees, specifically a native Illinois bee that is endangered.
And you can help, right in your own backyard.
Urban ecologist Libby Shafer is working to save the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. Their population has declined 87 percent in the last 20 years because of loss of habitat, driven by climate change and development, among other things.
Evanston Host Plant Initiative works to save endangered bee species
Evanston is abuzz with community efforts focused on saving the bees.
In partnership with Natural Habitat Evanston, the Evanston Host Plant Initiative is advocating for the inventory and planting of host plants for the endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. The species’ population has declined about 87 percent in the last 20 years due to habitat loss, pesticides and pathogen spillover.
DePaul University environmental masters graduate student Libby Shafer launched the initiative as part of her thesis work. Saving pollinators, Shafer said, is important because they are central to ecosystems and human life because they help plants reproduce.
Minnesota State Bee Featured On New Lottery Scratch Offs
BEE LUCKY SCRATCH OFFS HELP SUPPORT OUR STATE BEE
I bet you didn t know that Minnesota s state bee is the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. Well I just found out that our state bee is beeing featured in a new Minnesota Lottery scratch off ticket.
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The tickets are really fun, and informative. You can scratch off the center area to learn interesting facts about bees and the importance of bees and other pollinators in our state and around the globe. What s especially cool about these scratch offs, is that for a $2 ticket, you are helping support our endangered state bee; so you can feel good about having a little bit of fun with the lottery, and supporting pollinators and the environment in our state.