Introduced bumble bee dominates Lower Mainland pollinator surveys

By melanie kuxdorf on May 8, 2024

Introduced bumble bee dominates Lower Mainland pollinator surveys

Headshot of Risa Sargent in the fields of UBC Farm

Dr. Risa Sargent

April 24, 2024

CSFS Associate Risa Sargent, who heads the Plant Pollinator and Global Change lab in LFS, and master’s student Sarah Knoerr are featured in a UBC News story to discuss raising concerns about the number of common eastern bumble bees—an introduced species—being found in the wild and in research surveys of pollinators in the Lower Mainland.

“Non-native bees swarm Lower Mainland, UBC survey” CBC News
“Non-native bumblebees threaten B.C. wildlife: UBC biologists” City News Vancouver

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