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  • Bumblebees are dying across North America, Europe as the climate warms

    Feb 10, 2020 11:15 am by Washington PostIllinois in the News
    A bumblebee flies in search of nectar over a flowering basil plant. (Ulrich Perrey/picture-alliance/dpa/AP)

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    • A bumblebee flies in search of nectar over a flowering basil plant. (Ulrich Perrey/picture-alliance/dpa/AP)

    Washington Post (Feb. 7) '...bumblebees are exquisitely adapted to cold climate...(but) it’s a challenge for them to adjust behaviorally or physiologically to warming temperatures,' says entomologist May Berenbaum.