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  • Rusty patched bumblebee, once common pollinator, added to endangered list

    Mar 24, 2017 11:15 am by CBS NewsIllinois in the News
    The only remaining rusty patched bumblebees at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo by CBS NEWS

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    • The only remaining rusty patched bumblebees at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Photo by CBS NEWS

    CBS News (March 22) Illinois entomologist Sydney Cameron: “A lot of our food is dependent upon these bees. If that’s not important, I don’t know what is.”