LONDON: Bumblebee’s domains in the southern range are shrinking, and researchers are blaming climate change. The study’s lead author suggests that we need to establish new colonies of the bee species in the north, here and in other continents.
In 2010, a research carried out in Colorado, USA revealed that the pollination levels of some plants have dropped by up to 50 percent in the last two decades. Experts have been suggesting that the problem is connected to the declining populations of bees and other pollinators.
This year, according to a new report in the website Discovery News, a new study in the Journal Science confirms that climate change has already had observable effects on bumblebees — a species not managed by humans.
The range of the wild bee species in the southern range is being reduced by climate change, the study claims. And this trend could have serious implications for agriculture and the overall food output of the planet.
As the planet warms, most animals expand their range northward including species of bees. But not the bumblebee, they’re failing to migrate, and their territories in the southern range have been shrinking at an alarming rate.
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