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Short-haired bumblebee to return

Source: The Observer
Guildford : United Kingdom | 3 months ago  
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A queen short-haired bumblebee, one of a species which died out in the UK, but survived in New Zealand after being shipped there more than 100 years ago, is to be reintroduced in the UK. Photograph: Bumblebee Conservation Trust/Dave Goulson British conservationists have drawn up plans to repopulate...
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