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    THE BEE HITTING THE BIG TIME

    Jun 03, 2021 5 minutes
    Report by Carolyn Cowan

    Bumblebees are being hit hard. Agricultural intensification, the loss of flower-rich meadows, shock heatwaves and surprise frosts are driving global populations into decline.

    But curiously, not all species are affected. One in particular is the tree bumblebee, which has recently taken up residence in the UK. Scientists are now getting to the bottom of how this bumblebee has not only claimed new ground – but is thriving.

    “The tree bumblebee is one of these amazing species that, in the face of other bumblebee declines, is expanding massively in range,” says Ryan Brock, from the University of East Anglia, who is studying the UK population.

    Tree bumblebees were first recorded in the UK in 2001, when a lone individual was found on a bramble flower on the outskirts of

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