Britain to reintroduce extinct bumblebee
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/01/wildlife-conservation
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Poul Christensen, Natural England's acting chairman, said: "Bumblebees are suffering unprecedented international declines and drastic action is required to aid their recovery.
"Bumblebees play a key role in maintaining food supplies — we rely on their ability to pollinate crops and we have to do all we can to provide suitable habitat and to sustain the diversity of bee species.
"This international rescue mission has two aims — to restore habitat in England, thereby giving existing bees a boost; and to bring the short-haired bumblebee home where it can be protected."
Is the recolonization a good thing? Or are scientists efforts futile since we don't know what's killing the bees in the first place?
"Bumblebees play a key role in maintaining food supplies — we rely on their ability to pollinate crops and we have to do all we can to provide suitable habitat and to sustain the diversity of bee species.
"This international rescue mission has two aims — to restore habitat in England, thereby giving existing bees a boost; and to bring the short-haired bumblebee home where it can be protected."
Is the recolonization a good thing? Or are scientists efforts futile since we don't know what's killing the bees in the first place?
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