Sighting of endangered bee inspires Loyola to survey natural treasures
A large, fuzzy bumblebee landed on a native Rattlesnake Master wildflower planted near a path at Loyola University Chicago's ecology campus in McHenry County, catching student Kevin White's attention last summer.
The rising junior was studying pollinators for a research internship but had never before seen a bumblebee with a distinctive brown stripe across its back.
"I started taking pictures because the markings on it were so different," said White, an environmental science major. "Over the next two weeks, we found it four times at the same spot."
With help from the U.S. Fish and
