Nikki's Blog - the SubT project

Sunday, 24 May 2009

The Return of the Short Haired Bumblebee

So here it is - The Short-haired bumblebee (Bombus subterraneus)! A partnership project between the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, Hymettus, Natural England and RSPB aims to bring this bee back to the UK.

I'm in charge of trying to reintroduce the 'Short-haired' bumblebee to the UK. Although extinct in the Britain, this species (Bombus subterraneus) is alive and well in New Zealand, so we're trying to bring it back. You can follow my progress here...